“A year ago … it started coming up more and more,”
“There was a real sense of earnestness, which made me go home and think, ‘Let me really rethink my answer and make sure I am giving an answer that is truthful and also respectful.’”
“I feel like I’m in a position now where my word carries a lot of weight and influence, which of course is why they want the endorsement,” Johnson said of keeping his political opinions to himself. “But I also have a tremendous amount of respect for the process and felt like if I did share my political views publicly, a few things would happen … I felt like it would either (a) make people unhappy with the thought of whatever my political view was. And, also, it might sway an opinion, which I didn’t want to do.”
These are the words from Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in a new GQ feature where he talks about running for president being a real possibility.
The Star is a registered independent and in the last elections did not openly support any candidate but he has made it clear he is a supporter of troops but was agains Trump’s travel ban. In the interview he doubled down on that saying:
“I believe in our national security to the core, but I don’t believe in a ‘ban’ that bans immigrants. I believe in inclusion. Our country was built on that, and it continues to be made strong by that. And the decision felt like a snap judgment.”
“I feel like the majority of, if not all, Americans feel that protection is of huge importance,” he continued. “But the ideology and the execution [of national-security initiatives] is where we really have to be careful of not making those snap decisions, because there’s a tail effect… Within 24 hours, we saw a ‘tail effect.’ It grew to heartache, it grew to a great deal of pain, it grew to a great deal of confusion, and it had a lot of people scrambling.”
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