Jeff Daniels Reprises Newsroom Character For Blistering Denouncement Of Donald Trump [VIDEO]

Via Entertainment Weekly:



What kind of day has it been? The kind where Jeff Daniels is asked to resurrect his character from The Newsroom to talk about the 2016 presidential election. In a video produced by Bloomberg Television for With All Due Respect with hosts Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, Daniels embodied News Night anchor Will McAvoy to recreate his first scene as the character and pontificate on the expected presidential battle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.

Asked what makes Trump the “best-case scenario” for Clinton, Daniels first jokes that Trump could donate to her campaign. Pushed to answer the actual question, however, the actor turned full McAvoy: “He’s not the best-case scenario, John, that’s my answer. Donald Trump is a fact-bending loose cannon who alienates mainstream voters with everything he says. But he gets constant media attention for free. There won’t be a day from now until November when Trump isn’t on every TV channel.”