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It's Election Day! As the 2024 U.S. presidential race comes to a close…we're breaking down some of the most noteworthy Hollywood names who have endorsed Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz...as well as those who have backed Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance.
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00:00It's election day. As the 2024 U.S. presidential race comes to a close,
00:04we're breaking down some of the most noteworthy Hollywood names who have endorsed Kamala Harris
00:09and her running mate Tim Walls, as well as those who have backed Donald Trump and his running mate
00:13J.D. Vance. Taylor Swift famously endorsed Harris with a lengthy statement shortly after the
00:19conclusion of Harris's debate with Trump. She wrote, in part, I'm voting for Kamala Harris
00:24because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them.
00:28I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader, and I believe we can accomplish so much more
00:33in this country if we are led by calm and not chaos. The superstar singer-songwriter signed
00:38her endorsement as a childless cat lady. A jab at Vance's comments earlier this year.
00:43Actor Zachary Levi endorsed Trump. He spoke on stage at a Trump campaign event featuring
00:47Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard in Michigan in September. He said,
00:53We live in a country that has been hijacked by a lot of people who want to take this place
00:57way off the cliff. And we want to stop that, right? We're here to make sure that we are
01:01going to take back this country.
01:02We are going to make it great again. We are going to make it healthy again.
01:07And so I stand with Bobby and I stand with Tulsi and I stand with everyone else who is standing
01:12with President Trump.
01:14Beyonce first supported Harris by allowing the campaign to use her song, Freedom.
01:18She then officially endorsed the current VP for president at a Houston rally on October 25th.
01:22I'm not here as a celebrity. I'm not here as a politician. I'm here as a mother.
01:32A mother who cares deeply about the world my children and all of our children live in.
01:38Actor Dennis Quaid has endorsed Trump. He took the stage at a Trump rally in California's
01:43Coachella Valley where he asked the crowd,
01:45Are we going to be a nation that stands for the Constitution or for TikTok? Are we going
01:49to be a nation of law and order or wide open borders? Which is it? Because it's time to pick
01:54a side.
01:55George Clooney was one of Hollywood's first celebrities to endorse Harris after calling
01:58for Biden to step down from the race in a controversial essay in the New York Times.
02:03When Biden announced his official withdrawal from the race in July, the actor told CNN,
02:07We're all so excited to do whatever we can to support Vice President Harris and her historic
02:11quest. Mel Gibson says he's voting for Trump in the election. He told TMZ of Harris,
02:16I know what it will be like if we let her in and that ain't good.
02:19Jennifer Lopez has spoken out in support of Harris. She took the stage at a Harris rally
02:23in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 31st following Trump's controversial rally where a comedian
02:27made disparaging comments about Puerto Rico.
02:30It wasn't just Puerto Ricans that were offended that day.
02:33It was every Latino in this country. It was humanity and anyone of decent character.
02:41Kid Rock is one of Trump's most vocal celebrity supporters. He has long spoken out in support
02:46of the former president and performed at the Republican National Convention.
02:49Oprah Winfrey endorsed Harris at the Democratic National Convention, where she told the crowd,
02:54Decency and respect are on the ballot in 2024.
02:57Frazier actor Kelsey Grammer, a known conservative, has spoken out in support of Trump.
03:01He told the New York Times,
03:02For me to be anything else would be a problem. I don't go along with a lot of what is preached
03:06in Hollywood. I go along with what is preached in Christianity.
03:09The long list of Hollywood names supporting Harris also includes Jennifer Aniston,
03:13Scarlett Johansson, That Joe and Arnold Schwarzenegger, among others.
03:17For more coverage on the 2024 presidential election, go to THR.com.
03:21This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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