This week's Mainstream Media Scream features actor Jeff Daniels praising the "great" free programs from Woodstock Democrat Sen. Bernie Sanders and slapping Republican Donald Trump as a racist whose motto should be, "Make America White Again."

Daniels appeared on Bloomberg TV's With All Due Respect last week. The Dumb and Dumber star was trying to talk smart on the 2016 presidential race.



"Look at anything that Trump's done. It plays into hatred, it plays into what's the worst possible thing we can create and then fan that flame. That's why you've got racism and bigotry. The hat should say, 'Make America White Again.' That's what it should say. That's what it should say.

"And he knows that. He's playing to that. Whether he can take it all the way to November or not, you want to say no, but where has he tripped up yet? I look at the stats and hope to hell that everyone who does not want him to be President shows up and votes....

"I love Bernie. I love the ideas that he's got. To me, it's like somebody who went to Woodstock who now is running for President. And it's all those ideals, let's just make the world a great place and legalize this and free health care and free college and going for all of that. Great ideas. But, that thing called 'Congress,' you know, is a problem.

"And, I just, it's not just the President of the United States. It's the President of the world. Like Hillary or not, and I do, she's got international street cred and it's a dangerous world and I like that she's been around it several times, certainly as Secretary of State and her whole history and the fact that, like him or not, Bill Clinton is available as a sounding board, just internationally, I feel safer that way."

Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains the pick: "Daniels reflects Hollywood's political hypocrisy. They have a visceral disgust for those supporting Trump, denigrating them as ill-informed racists. Yet they are excited about Bernie Sanders and all his absurd promises of 'free' stuff which appeals to their base political instincts."

Rating: Four out of five screams.

Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's "Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com