The star-studded cast of Marvel’s Avengers is assembling to endorse Democratic candidate Kamala Harris for the upcoming US presidential elections, which CNN recently called a “near even” race.

A short video posted to Robert Downey Jr’s Instagram handle features a video call initiated by Scarlett Johansson and comprises Mark Ruffalo, Don Cheadle, Chris Evans, Danai Gurira, Paul Bettany and Downey.

In the video, the Avengers spend some time trying to come up with a catchphrase for Harris, while Ruffalo tries to encourage them to talk about voting.

Eventually, the cast settles on “down with democracy”, and as a heroic score plays in the background, each celebrity dramatically reads out the newly minted phrase, while Ruffalo attempts to make them realise that the line is quite the opposite of their intended purpose.

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