With three days till the presidential election, Harrison Ford is getting out the vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
On Saturday, the Academy Award nominee introduced his endorsement for the Democratic nominee and her working mate in two heartfelt video statements explaining why others ought to vote for the vp as effectively.
“I’m Harrison Ford, doing one thing I by no means thought I’d do: telling individuals I’ve by no means met who I’m voting for and why I believe they may do the identical,” he stated in a video for Rolling Stone. “This election, I’m casting my poll for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Do I agree with each one among their insurance policies? In fact not. Do I believe they’re excellent? Come on, for crying out loud, they’re individuals similar to you and me.
“However these two individuals imagine within the rule of regulation. They imagine in science. They imagine that whenever you govern, you achieve this for all Individuals. They imagine that we’re on this collectively. These are concepts I imagine in. These are individuals I can get behind. Look, I’m pissed off about a number of issues on this nation. I’m certain you might be too. However the different man, he spent 4 years turning us in opposition to one another whereas embracing dictators and tyrants world wide. That’s not who we’re. We don’t have to ‘make America nice once more.’ Come on, we’re nice. What we’d like is to work collectively once more. What we’d like is a president who works for all of us once more,” added Ford.
In a second video, Ford known as consideration to Trump’s former workers that has since come out in opposition to him. “When dozens of former members of the Trump administration are sounding alarms, saying, ‘For God’s sake, don’t do that once more’ — it’s important to concentrate. They’re telling us one thing essential,” he stated.
Noting that a lot of them are voting in opposition to the Republican celebration for the primary time “as a result of they know this actually issues,” Ford added: “Kamala Harris will shield your proper to disagree along with her about insurance policies or concepts. After which, as we’ve got performed for hundreds of years, we’ll debate them, we’ll work on them collectively, and we’ll transfer ahead. The opposite man, he calls for unquestioning loyalty, says he desires revenge. I’m Harrison Ford. I’ve acquired one vote, identical as anybody else, and I’m going to make use of it to maneuver ahead. I’m going to vote for Kamala Harris.”
The Shrinking star’s endorsement comes as Harris makes one closing push for undecided voters, concluding her historic $370 million paid media marketing campaign with ‘Brighter Future‘, an advert working throughout CBS and Fox throughout the 1pm ET slate of NFL video games on Saturday.
Ford beforehand endorsed Joe Biden throughout his 2020 marketing campaign in opposition to Trump.