'A wonderful thing': Actor Paul Rudd gives water to PA voters 'waiting in line for a long time'

05 November 2024

"Ant-Man" star Paul Rudd made a surprise appearance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday, handing out bottles of water to voters standing in line outside of several college campus polling places.

Variety reported that while MSNBC reporter Jacob Soboroff was talking to young voters at Temple University just north of Philadelphia's Center City, he spotted Rudd and "sprinted" in his direction to get a quote from the Marvel actor. Rudd, who is 55, said he wanted to do something special for young voters in the critical battleground state who were taking time out of their day to cast a ballot.

"I just wanted to give people water,” Rudd told Soboroff. “They’re waiting in line for a long time, and it’s a wonderful thing that all these young people are out voting.”

Mediaite recounted the impromptu conversation between Soboroff and Rudd, with the former asking what prompted the actor to come out and support voters in Pennsylvania's largest city on Election Day.

“We’ve been doing lots of stuff today here in Pennsylvania,” Rudd said. “We wanted to come out and tell these students they’re doing really great things.”

MSNBC "Deadline: White House" host Nicolle Wallace, who had cut to Soboroff for his segment from Philadelphia, specifically mentioned that she wanted to make sure that the volunteers handing out water and snacks to voters standing in line were able to continue doing so. She then asked Soboroff to send her their information so she could make a personal donation.

"If the people handing out snacks are taking donations for their snack supply, please get me a Venmo, and I will Venmo them to replenish the snack line," Wallace said.

Pennsylvania is on pace to match or even outpace its 2020 voter turnout, with Soboroff reporting that some Philadelphia-area polling places were reporting lines of two hours or more. Rudd called it "impressive" that voters were standing in line so long.

After Soboroff walked away from the "I Love You, Man" actor, he talked to a young Black woman who said 2024 was her first election in which she was casting a ballot. She told the MSNBC reporter that she had been "ready to go" and "didn't need to hear people talking in my ear." At that point, Rudd popped up behind her.

"Want a water from Paul Rudd?" He asked. The voter smiled and exclaimed: "Yes I do!"

Watch the video of Soboroff's segment with Rudd below, or by clicking this link.

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