Leonardo DiCaprio is endorsing Kamala Harris for president, with the Oscar-winning actor expressing assist for the Democratic nominee in a video Friday.
“Local weather change is killing the earth and ruining our economic system, we want 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 prior to now. In early 2020, he attended a fundraiser for Joe Biden on the house of former Paramount Footage chief Sherry Lansing.
His Instagram caption cited the current devastation from Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, which he referred to as “unnatural disasters attributable to local weather change.” Within the video, DiCaprio praised Harris’ formidable 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 Discount Act. As vp, Harris forged the tiebreaking vote on President Joe Biden’s landmark local weather legislation that was accepted with solely Democratic assist.
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He additionally criticized Trump for withdrawing the USA from the Paris local weather accord and rolling again “important environmental protections.” Trump, he stated, continues to “deny the info” and “deny the science.”
With lower than two weeks till Election Day, Harris has acquired the assist of many high-profile entertainers together with Taylor Swift, Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Chris Rock and George Clooney.
The vp 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 Related Press reported Thursday.
Republican nominee Donald Trump’s superstar supporters embrace Elon Musk, Dennis Quaid, Roseanne Barr and Child 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 atmosphere might enhance the economic system.