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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Responds After Requests To Run For President

Charlie Kirk Staff

11/10/2023

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Responds After Requests To Run For President

Former professional wrestler-turned-successful actor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has responded to rumors that he is considering a run for the presidency, and under what party.

Johnson said this week that he was approached by both major parties after a survey from the New York Daily News found that he garnered 46 percent support from respondents polled.

“That was an interesting poll that happened, and I was really moved by that. And I was really uh, blown away. I was really honored,” he told Trevor Noah on his “What Now?” podcast.

“At the end of the year . . . in 2022 I got a visit from the parties, asking me if I was going to run and if I could run,” Johnson spilled. “It was a big deal. And it came out of the blue. And it was one after the other.”

“They brought up that poll. They also brought up their own deep dive research that would prove, should I ever decide to go down that road. . . .”

“That you’d be a real contender?” Trevor inquired.

“Yeah . . . It was all very surreal. Because that’s never been my goal. My goal has never been to be in politics. Matter of fact, there’s a lot of things about politics that I hate,” the star said.

When the poll initially came out in 2021, he told USA Today he was open to consideration, according to Fox News.

“I would consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted,” he said. “Truly I mean that, and I’m not flippant in any way with my answer. . . . That would be up to the people. . . . So I would wait, and I would listen. I would have my finger on the pulse and my ear to the ground.”

The Rock said the parties approached him after he made those remarks.

“But then I really had to double down on this idea, and this is the truth: I’ve got little ones. I have three daughters,” he said.

While his daughter, Ava, with first wife Dany Garcia, is now 22, he has a seven-year-old and a five-year-old with current wife Lauren Hashian, Fox added.

“I have a lot of estrogen in my house. And I love it,” he said, noting that it is important to him to be a father who is around.

“I know what it’s like to be in an occupation that took me away…I don’t want that for my little ones now. And so, that was my – one of my primary discussions with the parties, who ultimately were like, ‘Yeah but, the other ones have done it like this!’” he said.

“Of course I would consider it,” Johnson admitted regarding a run for the White House if he thought there was widespread support for him.

“It either means you are the paragon of what people would hope a leader would be, or it means things have gotten so bad that they are like ‘We need somebody who’s gonna come in here and lay the smackdown on everybody,'” Noah joked in response.

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Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

Charlie is also the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show” podcast, which regularly ranks among the top-10 news shows on Apple podcast news charts, and is the host of the nationally syndicated daily radio show on the Salem Radio Network live from 12 - 3 PM ET.
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