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Dick Van Dyke announced his endorsement for Kamala Harris in the final hours before Tuesday’s vote. Making a rare appearance on social media on Monday, the 98-year-old actor endorsed the Democratic nominee in a dramatic black and white video. “Voting!!!” the veteran actor captioned his Instagram post, tagging the Vice President and his official campaign account.
Dick Van Dyke endorses Kamala Harris for president
“Hello! I’m Dick Van Dyke,” the Mary Poppins actor began. Dyke, who will turn 99 in December, quipped, “You may remember I used to sing and dance and actually fall over a lot.” With an optimistic look on his face, the six-time Emmy Award winner recalled his appearance with Martin Luther King “50 years ago.”
“May 31, 1964 – I was on stage with Dr. Martin Luther King, who was addressing about 60,000 people at the Coliseum in L.A., and I was there to read a message written by Rod Serling, who wrote The Twilight Zone. Dyke recalled. He said, “I took 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 Would like to read it.”
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Putting on his reading glasses, the Night at the Museum star began reading a short portion of the original address, which Serling had titled at the time, “A Most Non-Political Speech.” “Hate is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. suspicion, dislike, jealousy [and] Scapegoating… none of these are noble aspects of the human personality,” he said.
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Continuing his recital, Dyke said that everyone has “essential decency,” “basic goodness” and “principal dignity.” He added, “There will be ugly echoes of moments of violence, expressions of hatred, and intolerance, but these are relics of a decayed past, not harbingers of a better, cleaner future.”
The Golden Globe winner ended his speech with a quote from Horace Mann, “It would be a shame to die until you have won something for humanity. I would like to sum it up tonight. ‘Let us not be ashamed to live without that victory.'” “This is not what Martin Luther King dreamed of, but it’s a start. Thank you, and God bless,” Dyke concluded.
