{"id":471327,"date":"2021-05-04T15:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=471327"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:35:52","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T19:35:52","slug":"dwayne-the-rock-johnson-i-have-an-ambition-to-unite-our-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-i-have-an-ambition-to-unite-our-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson: \u2018I Have An Ambition To Unite Our Country\u2019"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdwayne-the-rock-johnson-i-have-an-ambition-to-unite-our-country%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=471327&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dwayne.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson continued his presidential tease this week when said that he is considering a possible run for office in the near future as part of his \u201cambition to unite our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Speaking with Willie Geist of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/sunday-today\"> Sunday Today<\/a> in an interview, the \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d actor said that he would run for president if he felt there was solid enough public support.\u00a0 He also described himself as a \u201cpolitical independent and centrist\u201d despite the fact that he endorsed Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the previous election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a goal, and an interest and an ambition to unite our country,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cIf this is what the people want, then I will do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the time comes where there is a good amount of people who want to see that happen, then I\u2019m going to consider it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Snippets of the interview with Geist aired in April; the full interview did not air until Tuesday. In the hit show \u201cYoung Rock,\u201d a fictionalized version of the actor runs for president in 2032.\u00a0 Though a <a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-president-153308014.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent poll;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-rapid_p=\"41\" data-v9y=\"1\">recent poll<\/a> showed that 46% of Americans wanted him as president, Dwayne said that he would conduct his own polling to see if the passion for his candidacy was actually there. Johnson said of the poll in April: \u201cNot sure our Founding Fathers ever envisioned a six-four, bald, tattooed, half-Black, half-Samoan, tequila drinking, pick up truck driving, fanny pack wearing guy joining their club \u2013 but if it ever happens it\u2019d be my honor to serve the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"15.194690265487\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not sure our Founding Fathers ever envisioned a six-four, bald, tattooed, half-Black, half-Samoan, tequila drinking, pick up truck driving, fanny pack wearing guy joining their club \u2013 but if it ever happens it\u2019d be my honor to serve the people \ud83d\ude4f\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffe\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6Xd9ADzqX7\">https:\/\/t.co\/6Xd9ADzqX7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1380551319690301443?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Going all the way back to 2016, the \u201cFast &#038; Furious\u201d star has teased possibly running for president. This past February, while speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/tv\/2021\/02\/15\/dwayne-johnson-young-rock-shows-family-version-andre-giant-moment\/6735837002\/\">USA Today<\/a> about \u201cYoung Rock,\u201d Johnson echoed his 2017 comments to Ellen DeGeneres that he may run for president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would consider a presidential run in the future if that\u2019s what the people wanted,\u201d he said. \u201cTruly I mean that, and I\u2019m not flippant in any way with my answer. That would be up to the people\u2026So I would wait, and I would listen. I would have my finger on the pulse, my ear to the ground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last September,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-backs-biden-in-first-ever-endorsement-calls-kamala-harris-certified-badass\">Johnson labeled himself<\/a>\u00a0a \u201ccentrist\u201d as he endorsed Joe Biden, clarifying that he has voted for both parties while hailing Kamala Harris as a \u201ccertified badass.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a political independent &#038; centrist, I\u2019ve voted for both parties in the past,\u201d Johnson tweeted. \u201cIn this critical presidential election, I\u2019m endorsing [Joe Biden] &#038; [Kamala Harris]. Progress takes courage, humanity, empathy, strength, KINDNESS &#038; RESPECT. We must ALL VOTE[.]\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Upon Biden\u2019s election, Johnson admitted to crying \u201cmanly tears\u201d over the prospect of Harris being vice president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to shoot this yesterday, when the news broke, but I got a little emotional, admittedly so, I got a little emotional yesterday, manly tears of course, I may have cried a tear or two, or ten, but they were all very manly. All my tears are manly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson went on to say that he got emotional because of what he felt his vote \u201crepresented.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy vote represented humanity. My vote represented decency,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt represented the values and the principles of which we teach our little girls. My vote also, for me, represented the importance of just being a good, decent human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-teases-another-presidential-run\">Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson Teases Another Presidential\u00a0Run<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0<\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson continued his presidential tease this week when said that he is considering a possible run for office in the near future as part of his \u201cambition &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277304,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dwayne.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson: \u2018I Have An Ambition To Unite Our Country\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-471327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Dwayne.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson: \u2018I Have An Ambition To Unite Our Country\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471327","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}