Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president, with the Oscar-winning actor expressing help for the Democratic nominee in a video Friday.
“Climate change is killing the earth and ruining our economic system, we’d like a daring step ahead to avoid wasting our economic system, our planet and ourselves,” DiCaprio stated within the video posted to Instagram. “That’s why I’m voting for Kamala Harris.”
DiCaprio, lengthy an outspoken advocate for addressing the local weather disaster, has supported Democratic candidates up to now. In early 2020, he attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden on the dwelling of former Paramount Pictures chief Sherry Lansing.
His Instagram caption cited the current devastation from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. In the video, DiCaprio praised Harris’ bold targets for reaching internet zero emissions by 2050 and serving to to construct a inexperienced economic system. He additionally famous her involvement in passing the Inflation Reduction Act. As vice chairman, Harris solid the tie-breaking vote on President Joe Biden’s landmark local weather regulation that was authorised with solely Democratic help.
He additionally criticised Trump for withdrawing the United States from the Paris local weather accord and rolling again “vital environmental protections.” Trump, he stated, continues to “deny the information” and “deny the science.”
With lower than two weeks till Election Day, Harris has acquired the help of many high-profile entertainers together with Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock and George Clooney.
The vice chairman held a rally Thursday evening within the Atlanta suburbs with former President Barack Obama and musician Bruce Springsteen. Beyoncé, whose track Freedom’ is a Harris marketing campaign anthem, is anticipated to be at Harris’ Houston rally Friday, The Associated Press reported Thursday.
Republican nominee Donald Trump’s celeb supporters embody Elon Musk, Dennis Quaid, Roseanne Barr and Kid Rock. In December 2016, DiCaprio and the top of his eponymous basis met with Trump, then president-elect, to debate how jobs centered on preserving the setting might increase the economic system. AP