OAN’s James Myers
2:36 PM – Friday, April 5, 2024
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson recently announced that he will not support President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, although he supported him in the 2020 election.
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“Supporting Mr. Biden all those years ago was what I thought was the best decision for me at the time,” Johnson said in an interview. fox news‘s Will Cain was released on Friday.
“That’s when I thought…I’m now in a position where I have some influence,” the 51-year-old said. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle the actor said.
“That’s how I felt at the time. My job now is to use my influence to share that this is the person I support,” he said.
During the interview, The Rock acknowledged that publicly supporting Biden over Trump in the last election was “divisive” and said it “brings me to tears.”
“Are we going to do the same thing this year? The answer is no,” the professional wrestler-turned-actor said in an interview with Fox News.
“I also realized that it was and still is a gut-wrenching thing for me. That’s division,” he said.
“The subsequent harvest takes months and months. [later]”I started to realize, ‘Oh, this is incredibly divisive in our country,'” Johnson continued, adding that history doesn’t repeat itself.
Johnson supported Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in the 2020 campaign, calling the pair at the time “the best choices to lead our country.”
It was also the first time a former WWE wrestler expressed political support.
“So, going into this election, I realized that that’s not what I’m going to do. My goal is to unite the country, so I’m not going to do that. It’s in my DNA to believe that. I am.”
Mr. Johnson concluded the interview by saying: “But I will say this: Like many of us, I don’t trust all politicians, but I trust the American people.” Even if I vote, I believe it will be my president. And I’m going to support that person 100 percent. ”
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