{"id":2467234,"date":"2025-07-27T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dumb-dumber-dumbest-jeff-daniels-mourns-kamalas-loss-compares-her-to-lincoln\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T06:24:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:24:49","slug":"dumb-dumber-dumbest-jeff-daniels-mourns-kamalas-loss-compares-her-to-lincoln","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dumb-dumber-dumbest-jeff-daniels-mourns-kamalas-loss-compares-her-to-lincoln\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest: Jeff Daniels Mourns Kamala&#8217;s Loss, Compares Her to Lincoln"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdumb-dumber-dumbest-jeff-daniels-mourns-kamalas-loss-compares-her-to-lincoln%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467234&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor Jeff Daniels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-obstruct-plan-to-increase-funding-to-vaccinate-teachers\/\" title=\"Democrats Obstruct Plan To Increase Funding To Vaccinate Teachers\">expressed frustration<\/a> over Kamala Harris&#8217;s 2024 election loss during an interview on MSNBC&#8217;s podcast &#8220;The Best People.&#8221; He controversially compared Harris to President Abraham lincoln, suggesting she would have been a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-demand-space-force-commander-be-reinstated-after-being-fired-for-criticizing-marxism\/\" title=\"House Republicans Demand Space Force Commander Be Reinstated After Being Fired For Criticizing Marxism\">good leader<\/a> who, like Lincoln, would have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >appointed political rivals<\/a> such as Liz Cheney to key positions in government. Daniels emphasized Lincoln&#8217;s strategy of surrounding himself with dissenters rather than followers. The article criticizes this comparison, describing Harris negatively and questioning her qualifications and accomplishments.Daniels also compared former President Donald Trump to King George III, lamenting the deterioration of the Republican Party, and commented on Mitch McConnell&#8217;s judicial appointments as a tactic to maintain conservative power despite demographic changes in America.Daniels is currently set to portray Ronald Reagan in an upcoming film about the Reagan-Gorbachev summit. The piece frames Daniels&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-media-reacted-to-rush-limbaughs-death\/\" title=\"How The Media Reacted To Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Death\">political commentary<\/a> as self-crucial and questions his expertise beyond his acting career.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Actor Jeff Daniels &mdash; of &ldquo;Dumb and Dumber&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-we-put-pete-rose-in-the-baseball-hall-of-fame-now\/\" title=\"Can We Put Pete Rose In The Baseball Hall Of Fame Now?\">fame &#038;mdash<\/a>; expressed frustration with Kamala Harris&rsquo; 2024 election loss during a Monday podcast interview, and then had the audacity to compare her to President Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I still think about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-close-pulling-trigger-next-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamala<\/a>, and how I think she would have been a good choice,&rdquo; Daniels told MSNBC&rsquo;s Nicolle Wallace during an episode of her podcast, &ldquo;The Best People.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t care what they say, because she would have done what Lincoln did,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;Liz Cheney would have been secretary of state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Then Wallace interrupted to cite &ldquo;Team of Rivals,&rdquo; a book by Doris Kearns Goodwin that highlighted how Lincoln picked political rivals to fill out his Cabinet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Team of Rivals,&rdquo; Daniels repeated. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what Lincoln did, surrounded himself with the people who would disagree with him, not the people who would take a knee and go, &lsquo;Yeah, more tariffs, sir, more.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>So now Kamala is in the same league as Lincoln? Please.<\/p>\n<p>That statement is almost comical.<\/p>\n<p>Harris was a washed-up radical lawyer who boasted statewide elections in one of the most dysfunctional states in the union: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/n-president-finally-fleeing-california-red-state-taking-hq\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She went along with the cover-up of Joe Biden&rsquo;s mental decline, had no substance, and would awkwardly cackle each time she was pressed for her stance on major issues.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"'Snake oil salesman': Jeff Daniels blasts Trump, MAGA GOP enablers\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uwXjFxWZTqQ\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Does she sound worthy of a giant memorial in D.C.? Is that now equivalent with ending slavery? My, oh my, how low the bar has sunk.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels didn&rsquo;t stop there either, comparing President Donald Trump to King George III of Great Britain.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the madness of King George, and just the deterioration of the Republican Party,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I mean, look, I&rsquo;m just an actor. What do I know?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Exactly. He&rsquo;s just an actor. Yet he felt the need to preach incessantly, as if he were an expert on civics.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, he went on to offer his apparent expertise about former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his work in confirming judicial nominees.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;But when Mitch started stacking the courts 25 years ago, I said it on your show once, they can see it coming,&rdquo; Daniels continued. &ldquo;The new America that is diverse and treats everyone with equality and respect and dignity, you know, kind of like Jesus did. We&rsquo;re ready for that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>So the Democrats are on par with Jesus Christ too? Really? Is that why figures like Harris stood mute while the government pushed for churches to shut down during COVID? Is that also why she has such a fondness for Christianity and the pro-life movement?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And Mitch and company could see it coming,&rdquo; he explained. &ldquo;They were going to be the minority, so they just started and then here we are, and now you got it, and now you&rsquo;re losing money. I hope you&rsquo;re losing tons of money, those of you who thought this would be okay.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Daniels will be portraying President Ronald Reagan in the movie &ldquo;Reykjav&iacute;k,&rdquo; based on the summit between Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev that occurred in 1986.<\/p>\n<p>That should go well, given the multimillionaire&rsquo;s disgust for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-gop-rep-hidden-agenda-behind-new-amnesty-bill-slip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican<\/a> Party.<\/p>\n<p>Expect another piece of revisionist history, drowned in self-importance and filled with political propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>But then again, Daniels is &ldquo;just an actor.&rdquo; What does he know?<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Speaking with MSNBC&#8217;s Nicolle Wallace on her show &#8220;The Best People,&#8221; Daniels said, &#8220;I still think about Kamala and believe she would have been a good choice.&#8221; He added, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care what others say; she would have done what Lincoln did,&#8221; mentioning that Liz Cheney would have served as secretary of state. 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