Dick Van Dyke Makes Presidential Endorsement | JP

Before you continue, try to separate the characters from the movies and shows you love from the actors that portray them. That’s what I do.

I don’t want to ruin any childhood memories.

So remember, Burt from Mary Poppins will always be Burt.

That being said, Dick Van Dyke, at 98, has gone on record to state that he endorses Kamala Harris.

I know, I know, it’s an utter sin.

But I guess we can chalk this up to him turning 99 next month and perhaps he isn’t thinking too clearly.

Or maybe he’s been on a steady diet of CNN news?

Independent reports:

Dick Van Dyke has endorsed Kamala Harris for president of the United States, by reading a speech he delivered at a 1964 civil rights event with Martin Luther King Jr.

The Mary Poppins and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star read the message which focused on how “hatred is not the norm” – which he said “means as much today, if not more, than it did then”.

The US actor noted that “a lot has happened” since he first read the passage 50 years ago, “not so much as Martin Luther dreamed of but it’s a start,” he said.

Although Van Dyke did not mention Ms Harris in the video posted on social media, the 98-year-old tagged the vice president in his caption, writing: “VOTE!! ‪@kamalaharris‬”.

“Fifty years ago – May 31st, 1964 — I was on the podium with Dr Martin Luther King, who was addressing some of the 60,000 people in the Colosseum in LA,” he said.

“I was there to read a message written by Rod Serling, the guy who wrote The 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.”

Van Dyke, who wore a Ralph Lauren polo shirt and glasses, read a short section of the original address titled A Most Non-Political Speech.

“Hatred is not the norm. Prejudice is not the norm. Suspicion, dislike, jealousy, scapegoating, none of those are the transcendent facets of the human personality,” the actor read.

“They are diseases. They are the cancers of the soul. They are the infectious and contagious viruses that have been breeding humanity for years.

Sounds like he’s describing Democrats.

Oh, I’m sure he means well. Most likely he’s more brainwashed and delusional than insidious, unlike Dem leaders.

Dick Van Dyke’s endorsement of Kamala Harris: 😢 pic.twitter.com/xhrzumTzra

— doug (@mylifeIMO) November 5, 2024

Does Dick realize that Democrats would call those on his show extremists nowadays?

📺The series finale of ‘The Dick Van Dyke Show’ aired 58 years ago, June 1, 1966, on CBS pic.twitter.com/lQvCOoi7zV

— RetroNewsNow (@RetroNewsNow) June 1, 2024

Look who wholesome and happy they are. It’s obviously a show about evil bigots!