by Voters together! The United States presidential election is now just a week away, and the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seems to be too close for a career.
Yesterday, actor Zachary Levi appeared on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show to weigh with the political wisdom he has acquired as a star at Shazam and Harold and the Purple Crayon. The 44-year-old told the former Fox News host that a vote for Trump will be a vote for: “Donald Trump and Bobby Kennedy and Tulsi Gabbard and Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk and JD Vance.” Levi described this line as follows: “this team – this Avengers, this Voltron, whatever you want to call it.”
It’s a bold comparison that Trump fans like to make, even though their candidate once compared himself to the supervillain Thanos, but it’s unlikely to be welcomed by the people who actually play the Avengers. Here’s how the likes of Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth and Samuel L Jackson will actually be casting their vote:
Robert Downey Jr, Iron Man – Democrat
When Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as President in 2021, the Iron Man A star told CNBC he was happy to see “principle” return to the White House. “We in the West over here tend to be very personal-based and now we’re going back to principle, and that takes a lot of discipline,” Downey Jr. said.
“I was very happy to see our commander-in-chief tell his entire cabinet: ‘You all have to respect each other from day one, or I’m going to have a problem with you.'” Later, Downey Jr. was directed at another member of the Trump’s so-called Avengers, saying he wishes Elon Musk would “control his behavior a little more.”
Then, with five days to go before the big day, Downey Jr posted a social media video of himself with Marvel co-stars Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Paul Bettany, Danai Gurira and Chris Evans supporting Harris-Walz use of the. hashtag #AssembleForDemocracy:
Chris Evans, Captain America – Democrat
Evans is a lifelong Democrat who has appeared at fundraisers for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. In 2020, he founded the political education app A Starting Point with the aim of helping voters understand the issues that affect them. Despite being a critic of Trump, particularly over his blasé reaction to the pandemic, Evans said during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel live! that he approached the President at the time about collaboration but was rejected twice. “President Trump didn’t say Captain America, just stating that for the record,” Kimmel joked in response.
Scarlett Johansson, Black Widow – Democrat
Last month, Johansson was photographed arriving at a Kamala Harris fundraiser in London, where she appeared alongside the likes of Greta Gerwig, Stella McCartney and Sienna Miller. While promoting her recent rom-com I Fly To The Moon she did not hold back in her criticism of her opponent Harris, a Spanish newspaper said El Paso: “Trump defines the definition. He’s a psychopath, someone who breaks every category you could try to fit him into, because of his extreme situations.”
She also said she is “scared” he might win, describing his previous term in office as “four years of darkness”.
Mark Ruffalo, Hulk – Democrat
He is perhaps the most politically involved member of the group Avengers cast, Ruffalo has said he is staunchly supportive of Harris despite disagreements over his foreign policy in Gaza. Speaking at a rally earlier this week, Ruffalo told ITV: “There’s no perfect candidate right now, but we know what Trump will do. He will sell out the Arabs.”
He added that he is voting for Harris because: “Our chances of changing her positions inside the White House are better than they ever will be with Trump.” He also argued that Harris has “created a different kind of language around Palestinian suffering, different from Biden, and I hope after this election is over she has great people in the State Department who are very open and who want. to see an end to this ordeal.”
Chris Hemsworth, Thor – Non-voter
As an Australian citizen, Hemsworth does not get to vote in the US presidential election and has largely kept his political views to himself. The closest he came to being drawn into an election debate was when his rumored biopic of notorious Trump supporter ripping off Hulk Hogan’s shirt was dropped, with some MAGA supporters speculating that the film’s failure to go ahead straight at Hogan threatening to “body slam. ” Kamala Harris at the Republican National Convention. Producer Joe Russo later confirmed that the film fell apart long before the wrestler’s appearance on RNC.
Jeremy Renner, Hawkeye – Unconfirmed
Renner keeps his political cards pretty close to his chest, but has been praised a few times by his support for Democrats. Back when Barack Obama was president in 2010, Renner told an interviewer that the only politician he would like to meet was then-vice president Joe Biden, adding that he was “a given” to meet with Obama.
In 2022, he joined Mark Ruffalo to raise money for political candidates running against insurgents, tweeting: “60% of Americans will have election deniers on the ballot this year.”
Samuel L Jackson, Nick Fury – Democrat
The man who assembled the Avengers is a passionate supporter of Kamala Harris, and says they even have a favorite curse word. Appearing at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia last week, Jackson said that Harris “comes with a proven track record of fighting for the people, standing up to bullies, protecting the most vulnerable, and taking on the hardest fights.” He then joked: “I’ve heard her favorite curse word too,” although he refrained from saying: “mother ***er”.
He added: “I don’t know about you. But that’s the kind of president I can stand behind, that’s the kind of president I see taking our country forward.”
