In addition to acting as the stars of ABC’s #TGIT lineup, Viola Davis, Ellen Pompeo, and Kerry Washington are all also endorsing Hillary Clinton. Joined by Shonda herself, the women explain above: “Every day I wake up and play a brilliant, complex, overqualified, get-it-done woman, who obsessively fights for justice, who cares, who gives a voice to the voiceless, who gets knocked down and always gets back up. I make television filled with the kinds of characters I imagine we all can be. Strong but flawed, human but extraordinary. Our characters are on television but the real world — the real world has Hillary Clinton.†Roll the Tony Goldwyn–helmed paid political ad for the rest of their message — and imagine Hillary watching this on YouTube later tonight muttering, It’s handled, to herself over and over.
