Paul Rudd has been known to support voters waiting in line at the polls (see him in 2020 in NYC!), and this election he stopped right here in Philly at Temple University.
When NBC was recording a news segment at the college campus, Paul Rudd suddenly appeared in the shot with a case of water in hand. “Paul Rudd just showed up because he heard the lines were so long,” the newscaster declared, and then asked Rudd what brought out him out to the polls.
“I just wanted to give people water,” he said. “They’ve been waiting in line for a long time and it’s a wonderful thing that all these young people are out voting.”
The interviewer then noted that some of them had been waiting over two hours to vote, and Rudd said “we wanted to come out and tell these students that they’re doing really great things” and commented that he’s been doing “lots of stuff here today in Pennsylvania.”
Speaking of, he apparently also visited Villanova and did the same thing.
The help comes as many universities experienced long voting lines, especially in Pennsylvania, with reports from University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Lehigh University, and Villanova. Most even ended up bringing in extra voting machines and additional poll workers, all stemming from high voter turnout from the young student crowd.