Dwayne Johnson endorsed Biden and Harris; Why shouldn't The Rock video surprise us?
Dwayne Johnson endorsed Biden and Harris; Why shouldn't The Rock video surprise us?
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who was running for president in 2020, formally endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
After briefly flirting with the idea of a 2020 presidential race, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson officially endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris; the first time you publicly support a political candidate.
"This is something I certainly haven't done in the past, so I'm going to go big," he said in a video posted on Instagram. "You know me; if I do it, I do it big!"
The actor, who claimed to have "friends in all parties," posted a virtual conversation between himself and the Democratic candidates, in which he praised Biden's "great compassion, heart, drive and soul" and considered Harris " a rude woman, guaranteed ”.
"As an independent and centrist voter for many years, I have opted for the Democrats in the past, and also for the Republicans," Johnson says in the video. "In this critical election, I believe that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the best to lead our country and, as my first [public] presidential endorsement, I proudly support them to occupy the United States presidential office."
While Johnson has been largely apolitical to the public, he was always outspoken about Trump's response to the civil unrest unleashed after George Floyd's murder by police, and shared a lengthy video message about it in June. past.
"Where is he?" He asks Trump in the video. "Where is our leader at this moment ... when our country is on its knees, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated and in pain, and what it asks is be heard? The country begs, pleads, begs for change. Where is he? Where is our compassionate leader, who will step forward to measure up? "
The actor added: “I am not the president of the United States, but I am a man and a father who cares so much about my family, my children, and the world in which they live. I care a lot for our country and for all the people who inhabit it ”.
