At 98, Dick Van Dyke has at least one positive takeaway from knowing his time is limited. The 6x Emmy winner had a blunt reaction when asked how he feels about Donald Trump returning to office for another four-year term after winning the presidential election against Kamala Harris this month. “Fortunately, I won’t be around to experience the four years,” he told The Daily Mail .
When asked if he thinks the future looks bright for the country, Van Dyke said, “I hope you’re right.” Van Dyke previously endorsed Harris last week in a YouTube video, emphasizing that “hatred is not the norm” reciting a speech by Rod Serling that the Mary Poppins actor previously delivered at a 1964 civil rights event with Martin Luther King Jr. “To those who tell us the inequality of the human animal is a necessary evil, we must respond by simply saying that first, it is evil, but not necessary,” he remarked, before noting: “1964.
A lot has happened. Not so much as Martin Luther [King] dreamed of, but it’s a start.” Van Dyke backed Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential primary and spoke at one of his campaign events.
Earlier this year, he told The Hollywood Reporter that he was supporting Joe Biden’s reelection, before the president dropped out of the race. Van Dyke is among a handful of Hollywood figures to post videos in support of Harris, leading up to the election. Richard Gere endorsed Harris in a video posted by her Pennsylvania campaign, and former California go.
