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He backed Joe Biden—the Democratic candidate—for the 2020 presidential election, but Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson says he won’t be endorsing anyone ahead of November’s proceedings. He feels that announcing his stance publicly causes “an incredible amount of division in our country.”
“The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson said in an interview with Fox News on Friday.
The Rock Will Be Taking No Sides This Year
“I thought back then…I’m in this position where I have some influence. I felt like that then, it’s my job now to exercise my influence and share this is who I’m going to endorse,” he said.
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Hunter Schafer Arrested For Disrupting Joe Biden’s Appearance on Late Night With Seth MeyersThe Rock declared his support for President Biden and Kamala Harris in the 2020 race, which marked the first time the WWE star made a political endorsement. But the People’s Champion made it abundantly clear that history won’t be repeating itself. “Am I going to do that again this year? That answer’s no,” Johnson said in the Fox News interview.
“I also realized that what that caused back then, was something that tears me up in my gut back then and now, which is division. The takeaway after that — months and months and months [later] — I started to realize like, ‘Oh man, that caused an incredible amount of division in our country.'”
He Believes the American People Know What to Do
“So I realized now going into this election, I’m not going to do that. I wouldn’t do that because my goal is to bring our country together. I believe in that in my DNA,” he continued.
“In the spirit of that, there’s gonna be no endorsement. Not that I’m afraid of it at all, but it’s just I realize that [at] this level of influence, I’m going to keep my politics to myself. I think it’s between me and the ballot box.” Even if he won’t be casting a vote himself, Johnson places his trust in the American people to make the right decision.
“But I will tell you this: while like a lot of us out there are not trusting of all politicians, I do trust the American people. And I trust that whoever they vote for, that’s going to be my president. And that’s who I’m going to support 100%.”
