Dwayne Johnson will not endorse Joe Biden again for President, says ‘Will keep my politics to myself’

Edited By: Pragati Awasthi
New Delhi, India Updated: Apr 06, 2024, 12:14 PM(IST)

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Johnson. whose name has time and again popped up when it comes to the presidential race, has again made it very clear that he's going to stay away from politics and the US presidential run.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has done a lot of thinking and has come to the conclusion that he will not endorse Joe Biden in the upcoming 2024 Presidential election.
 
In 2022, the Rock lent his public support towards the Biden-Harris campaign. However, four years down the line, things have changed and the former WWE wrestler has made up his mind that he will not be publicly endorsing any candidate in this year's election. 

In an interview with Fox News' Will Cain, The Rock explained why he regrets publicly supporting Biden in the 2020 election, what's in America that's affecting him and whether he's planning to run for president this year. 

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Dwayne Johnson will not support Joe Biden

Speaking to Will Cain, Johnson said, ''The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time.''

He added, “I thought, ‘I’m in this position where I have some influence and I felt it was my job then to exercise my influence [and] share: This is who I’m going to endorse.’ I’m not going to do that. I was then, the most followed man in the world, and am today, and I appreciate that… but what that caused was something that tears me up in my guts — which is division. That got me. I didn’t realize that then, I just felt like there was a lot of unrest and I’d like things to calm down.”

Saying that his goal is to bring this country together, Johnson continues, “The takeaway after that was it caused an incredible amount of division. I realize now going into this election, I will not do that. My goal is to bring this country together. I believe in that. There will be no endorsement. At this level of influence, I will keep my politics to myself. It is between me and the ballot box. But I will tell you this: 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 percent.”

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Is Dwayne Johnson in the race for US president?

Johnson, whose name has time and again popped up when it comes to the presidential race, has again made it very clear that he's going to stay away from politics and the US presidential run.

When asked about his plans to run for president, the actor answered that he’s still not interested in it, explaining: “No, that’s not my intention. I’m not a politician.”

Previously, in 2022, Johnson said that he was not planning to run for president anytime soon, as he went on to explain that his focus and priority is to be a good father and spend quality time with his kids. 

What's in the America that's affecting Dwayne?

Somewhere in the interview, Cain asked Johnson whether he was happy with the state of America. To this, the Red Notice star said, 'No.'

Elaborating his views, the actor said, “Today’s cancel culture, woke culture, division, etc — that really bugs me,” Johnson said. “In the spirit of that, you either succumb to that and be what other people want you to be, or you be yourself and be real … and that might make people upset and piss people off, and that’s okay.”

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