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‘It’s Off the Table’: Dwayne Johnson Closes Door on Run for President Citing ‘Family’
Breitbart ^ | 7 Oct 2022 | WARNER TODD HUSTON

Posted on 10/07/2022 3:40:44 PM PDT by conservative98

Hollywood action star and former wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson now says he will not be running for president, despite earlier teases of a possible run for office, citing “time with his family” for the decision.

Johnson has been teasing a run for the White House for years. Indeed, back in 2017, he claimed that being president was “within my skill set.” And last year, he was buoyed by a poll that showed he’d be a popular candidate.

Right after the 2021 poll, Johnson claimed he would “humbly and respectfully stand up, listen, and learn” about what it would take to run for president and then sit in the White House as leader of the free world.

“I love our country to my core and I’m endlessly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had here, as a half-Black, half-Samoan kid being able to work my ass off knowing tenacity opens doors,” Johnson said in June of last year. “In a lot of ways, I’m indebted to our great country for it.”

But it looks like the Jumanji star is done listening and learning, because now he says a run for president is out.

“It’s off the table. Yes, it is off the table,” the 50-year-old says in an upcoming interview with CBS Sunday Morning.

Family is the reason, as Johnson added, “I love our country and everyone in it. I also love being a daddy.”

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2024; bloggers; therock; warnertoddhuston; wwe
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1 posted on 10/07/2022 3:40:44 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Delusional, like Lizard Cheney.


2 posted on 10/07/2022 3:41:58 PM PDT by tennmountainman ( Less Lindell CONS, More AZ Style Audits)
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To: conservative98

At least he has enough sense to determine that imbeciles won’t be in style during the upcoming election cycle.


3 posted on 10/07/2022 3:42:03 PM PDT by txeagle
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To: conservative98

Darn. One less idiot to ridicule.


4 posted on 10/07/2022 3:42:05 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: conservative98

In other words he plans to run in 2032.


5 posted on 10/07/2022 3:43:18 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: conservative98

Yeah, me too. I’d run for President, but family comes first.


6 posted on 10/07/2022 3:43:28 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: conservative98

In what way is he remotely qualified?


7 posted on 10/07/2022 3:44:10 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: conservative98

Even if Dwayne J. succeeded in getting enough to take him seriously as a politician, most likely, he would be another Arnold Swartzenegger or Eric Adams, where ones primary motivation is to ‘be liked and approved of’ by the main stream media and the biggest mouthed PC Liberal voices.


8 posted on 10/07/2022 3:44:38 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: rightwingcrazy

That’s the thing about Trump. He didn’t need this, but he did it anyway, because he saw where the country was headed, and wanted to do something about it.

You can question his methods, his personality, but I do not for one second question his sincerity as to why he’s in the arena.


9 posted on 10/07/2022 3:45:09 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: conservative98

Too bad. That would have been funny.


10 posted on 10/07/2022 3:46:17 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: conservative98

Paper covers Rock. Game over.


11 posted on 10/07/2022 3:49:40 PM PDT by x
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To: EEGator
He's over 35 and he has two American parents. As far as we know. Interesting that the Founding Fathers set the bar so low.
12 posted on 10/07/2022 3:50:12 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: conservative98
NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Now what are we going to do!!!???

13 posted on 10/07/2022 3:51:01 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: conservative98

When I first heard of Dwayne Johnson contemplating running for President, I immediately thought of President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho.


14 posted on 10/07/2022 3:51:32 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: conservative98
Compared to that mass of dead ganglia currently occupying the Oval Office, Johnson might be an improvement.

That said, politics is like a highly infectious disease. If he caught the Leftist virus, he would go off the deep end.

15 posted on 10/07/2022 3:52:19 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: conservative98
“I love our country to my core ... as a half-Black, half-Samoan kid .....

Typical far-left socialist/communist Democrat/RINO Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: Identity Politics to the core. Hey, "The Rock," stop confusing Identity Politics with patriotism. Dipshit.


16 posted on 10/07/2022 3:53:30 PM PDT by gw-ington (My Preferred Pronouns: senile, sleepy, puppet, laughing, hyena, stolen, election.)
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To: conservative98

Not to mention being a retarded thing to do.


17 posted on 10/07/2022 3:55:48 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ( We need to “build back better” on the bones and ashes of those forcing us to “Build Back Better.")
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To: conservative98

I guess the ratings of his most recent TV show showed him that he was not going to win. If he’s not going to win he’s not interested.


18 posted on 10/07/2022 3:56:13 PM PDT by jdsteel (PA voters: it’s Oz or Fetterman. Deal with it and vote accordingly.)
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To: conservative98

> Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson now says he will not be running for president <

What a hugely disappointing announcement!

This is particularly bitter because we all know that fake wrestlers make excellent government officials. Well, at least Hulk Hogan hasn’t bowed out yet. So there still is hope.


19 posted on 10/07/2022 3:56:35 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: conservative98

He’s dead to me after going woke ...but I’ll admit he was freaking hilarious in wwf


20 posted on 10/07/2022 3:56:56 PM PDT by toddausauras ( )
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