Dick Van Dyke Issues a Bold Political Message Ahead of the 2024 Election
Dick Van Dyke is making a big political statement ahead of the 2024 election.
The actor took to social media on Nov. 4 to reflect on the political history of the United States over the last half century and urge his followers to vote.
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The star of The Dick Van Dyke Show posted a black and white video of himself sitting in a living room, along with the caption “VOTE!!! @kamalaharris @vp @kamalahq,” endorsing democratic nominee for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris.
He started the video by introducing himself, saying “you may remember I used to sing and dance and fall down a lot, actually,” while a selection of images from his storied Hollywood career appeared on the screen.
Van Dyke continued, sharing that “50 years ago, May 31st 1964, I was on a podium with Dr. Martin Luther King who was addressing some 16,000 people at the coliseum in LA. I was there to read a message written by Rod Serling, the guy who wrote Twilight Zone. I got it out the other day and I think it means as much today if not more than it did then, so if you don’t mind, I’d like to read it.”
He then read a portion of the speech to the camera, saying “hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating—none of those are the transcendent facet of the human personality. They’re diseases. They are the cancers of the soul. They are the infectious and contagious viruses that have been bleeding humanity for years. But because they have been and because they are, is it necessary that they shall be? I think not.”
Van Dyke went on reading, stating “if there is one voice left to say ‘welcome’ to a stranger, if there is one hand outstretched to say ‘enter and share,’ if there is one mind remaining to think a thought of warmth and friendship, then there’s a future in which we will find more than one hand, more than one voice, and more than one mind dedicated to the cause of man’s equality.”
The Mary Poppins star continued reading from the speech before stopping to remember when he read it originally. “1964. A lot’s happened, not as much as Martin Luther dreamed of, but it’s a start. Thank you, God bless,” he said to his followers.
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