https://www.salon.com/2024/04/06/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-raises-eyebrows-after-saying-he-regrets-endorsing-biden-in-2020/

Speaking to host Will Cain, Johnson revealed that he’s not happy with the state of America right now, highlighting “wokeness” and “cancel culture” as contributing to a division in the country that really bugs him.

“I’m not a politician. I’m not into politics," he says. “I care deeply about our country. I’m a patriot, and I believe you are too, as well. And right now, my desire and my priorities are my babies and school drop-offs and pickups — that’s important to me.”

He is running.

  • Adkml [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    7 months ago

    This lines up with the most hilariously bullshit video I’ve ever seen of him fishing and landing a huge, very obviously dead fish that unfortunately was all juuuuust off camera until it was in his hands.

    He’s pandering to real Americans, and by real Americans I mean the dumbest 20% of your high school class.

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      7 months ago

      And I’m pretty damn sure he’s doing it because he doesn’t like the idea of having his fortune taxed so he’s ingratiating himself with the “right” to help them politically so he and those like him can enjoy even more tax breaks.

      So many of these “oh man I made a mistake” famous voters just so happen to also be really wealthy.

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      I grew up in a rural oil and gas town, it was more like 85-90%. I was still a lib-archist then, but I remember the teacher asking who we planned on voting for in our first election as adults, and literally everyone except me and my (firmly working class, but real working class, his dad was a coal miner and so was his grandpa) best friend said they’d vote for John McCain.