{"id":1407133,"date":"2022-03-29T12:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407133"},"modified":"2022-03-29T12:00:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T16:00:18","slug":"one-year-ago-will-smith-said-hes-open-to-running-for-office-at-some-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-year-ago-will-smith-said-hes-open-to-running-for-office-at-some-point\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago, Will Smith Said He&#039;s Open to Running for Office &#039;At Some Point&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-year-ago-will-smith-said-hes-open-to-running-for-office-at-some-point%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1407133&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">As actor Will Smith seeks to redefine himself, his shattered image, his relationship with his fans and Chris Rock after his violent assault and Sunday night\u2019s drama at the Academy Awards, it is worth remembering his ambitions are not limited to Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/03\/02\/will-smith-open-to-running-for-political-office-at-some-point\/\">reported<\/a> just a year ago, Smith harbors ambitions for high public office\u00a0and acknowledges it is a possibility \u201cat some point\u201d in the future.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>He made the revelation on the Pod Save America podcast, hosted by former Obama aides aides Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer, and Tommy Vietor, when he was asked about his political ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think for now I\u2019ll let that office get cleaned up a little bit and then I\u2019ll consider that at some point down the line,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know, it\u2019s like, I absolutely have an opinion, I\u2019m optimistic, I\u2019m hopeful, I believe in understanding between people and I believe in the possibility of harmony,\u201d he continued, before adding the proviso he will, \u201ccertainly do my part, whether it remains artistic or, or, at some point ventures into the political arena.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Woke multi-millionaire Leftist Will Smith says he&#8217;s all in to push racist Critical Race Theory (CRT) and that it should be called &#8220;Truth Theory.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DVjL9HCFAX\">https:\/\/t.co\/DVjL9HCFAX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1443057719058042882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the <em>Men in Black\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0<i>Independence Day\u00a0<\/i>star had already started to reveal to the world his left-wing political strips.<\/p>\n<p>In December of 2015, Smith said that\u00a0\u201ccrazy\u201d discussion surrounding Donald Trump\u2019s policy proposals, including building a security wall on the southern border, had made him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-hollywood\/2015\/11\/25\/will-smith-political-future-might-need\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consider his own run for office<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf people keep saying all the crazy kinds of stuff they\u2019ve been saying on the news lately about walls and Muslims, they\u2019re going to force me into the political arena,\u201d he said in an interview with CBS.<\/p>\n<p>What might voters expect from Will Smith\u2019s political ambitions? Well, to name a few:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Smith has shown his support for the Black Lives Matter movement, using a\u00a0<em>GQ<\/em>\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/will-smith-november-cover-profile?utm_source=twitter&#038;mbid=social_twitter&#038;utm_brand=gq&#038;utm_social-type=owned&#038;utm_medium=social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">interview<\/a>, the directness of its name and message.<\/li>\n<li>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/09\/28\/will-smith-goes-all-in-for-black-lives-matter-says-critical-race-theory-should-be-called-truth-theory\/\">backs<\/a>\u00a0proponents of critical race theory, going so far as to say it should be re-branded as \u201ctruth theory.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The Hollywood star embraced\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/04\/12\/will-smith-pulls-slave-drama-emancipation-out-of-georgia-in-protest-of-voter-integrity-law\/\">boycotting Georgia over the state\u2019s voter integrity law<\/a>, which is intended to combat voter fraud. The star moved the shooting of his slavery-themed movie\u00a0<em>Emancipation<\/em>\u00a0from Georgia to Louisiana in protest.<\/li>\n<li>In 2020 he made a financial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2020\/11\/23\/hollywood-heavyweights-including-will-smith-mandy-moore-george-clooney-pour-cash-into-georgia-senate-runoffs\/\">contribution<\/a> to Democrats contesting\u00a0Georgia\u2019s Senate runoff elections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a broader scale, Smith has never concealed his contempt for those Republican voters who chose to back Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2016\/08\/08\/will-smith-hopes-america-can-cleanse-trump-supporters\/\">reported<\/a>, back in 2016\u00a0Smith said Trump\u2019s presidential candidacy was a good thing for America \u2014 because the country could \u201ccleanse\u201d itself of the Republican nominee and his supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs painful as it is to hear Donald Trump talk and as embarrassing as it is as an American to hear him talk, I think it\u2019s good,\u201d Smith said,\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/entertainment\/will-smith-it-s-important-to-speak-out-about-the-insanity-surrounding-u-s-election-1.3018534\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">according to<\/a>\u00a0the Associated Press. \u201cWe get to know who people are and now we get to cleanse it out of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch below:\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>In an interview with Australian news outlet news.com.au in the same year, the actor said a \u201cseparatist, non-inclusive, racist, xenophobic wave\u201d is currently\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-hollywood\/2016\/08\/02\/will-smith-separatist-non-inclusive-xenophobic-racist-wave-sweeping-globe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sweeping the globe<\/a>\u00a0and pulling society further apart.<\/p>\n<p>He saw then a \u201ccleansing\u201d might be needed of society and his comments since indicate he might see himself cast in the role of political savior.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As actor Will Smith seeks to redefine himself, his shattered image, his relationship with his fans and Chris Rock after his violent assault and Sunday night\u2019s drama at the Academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1407133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1407133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1407133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1407133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1407133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1407133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}