The Rock ‘will not’ endorse Biden again: ‘My goal is to bring this country together’
Actor and pro wrestling legend Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he regrets endorsing Joe Biden for president in 2020 and won’t do it again this year ahead of a likely rematch between Biden and Donald Trump.
“Am I happy with the state of America right now? Well, that answer’s no. Do I believe we are going to get better? I believe in that. I’m an optimistic guy and I believe we can get better,” Johnson, 51, told “Fox & Friends Weekend” host Will Cain in an interview recorded ahead of this weekend’s WrestleMania XL event in Philadelphia.
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson added. “And I thought back then, when we talk about, ‘Hey, you know, I’m in this position where I have some influence and it’s my job then’ — I felt like that then — ‘it’s my job now to exercise my influence and share this is who I’m going to endorse.’
“Am I going to do it again this year? That answer’s no.”
Johnson also said, “I realize now going into this election, I will not do that, my goal is to bring this country together.
“I will keep my politics to myself. It is between me and the ballot box. Like a lot of us out there, not trusting of all politicians, I do trust the American people and whoever they vote for. That is my president and who I will support 100%.”
Johnson, who was born in California to a black Canadian father and Samoan mother, has been widely mooted as a future candidate for high office and struck a contrarian tone in the interview with Cain.
“In today’s easy cancel culture world — and cancel culture, woke culture, this culture, that culture, division, etc. — that really bugs me. And in the spirit of that, you either succumb and be what you think other people want you to be or you go, ‘No, that’s not who I am, I’m going to be myself and be real,'” he said.
“If you ask me something, a real answer is important and a truthful answer is important. And that may get people upset, and that may piss people off, and that’s OK.”
