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Dave Bautista Says The Rock Would Make a Better President Than Trump

Dave Bautista Says The Rock Could Be President
Dave Bautista Says The Rock Could Be President

I think hed be a better president than our current president I think I said he was much more qualified and I believe he is. Turning to Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick, Silicon Valley), who co-stars with Bautista in the new buddy comedy Stuber, Bautista, said, I think I am. I think Kumail is.

This isnt the first time a Rock presidency has come up in the press. An entire GQ profile dealt with the question. And The Rock himself has done little to quash the speculation.

In an interview with IndieWire earlier this year, he said: Im not ruling it out. Im not ruling out the idea if I could make a bigger impact somehow, or potentially surround myself with good people. He went on to say, I saw Kamala Harris speech the other day and thought it was good, he said. Just for me, I lack the experience, I lack a lot of things. Certainly not right now.

Now, if he were a politician, that kind of vague, non-committal statement would mean I AM ABSOLUTELY RUNNING FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES.

So, lets run through a list of qualifications to see if he checks off all the required boxes.

Here are the only three qualifications the Constitution requires:

Natural born citizen of the United States?

Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born in Hayward, California.

CHECK

Resident for 14 years?

Even his alter-ego The Rock has been a resident of the United States for more than 14 years.

CHECK

35 years or older?

Johnson was born on May 2, 1972 and is 47 years old.

CHECK

And heres what presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin thinks you need:

Empathy?

May we submit

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View this post on Instagram Very cool & inspiring moment on @nbctitangames with competitor @chrisruden. Thousands and thousands of positive comments about his post games interview here. Thank you @carichampion for beautifully articulating our sentiments and thank you Chris for competing and inspiring us all. #nolimitations TITAN GAMES THURS NIGHTS on @NBC. A post shared by therock (@therock) on Jan 26, 2019 at 10:03am PST

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Resilience?

May we submit

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View this post on Instagram Since todays my birthday - my annual birthday clang and bang workouts are always special. Labored in sweat, grit, spit, cuss words, laughs, loud music and some other sexy shit But its mainly labored in the most important thing of all ~ gratitude. Grateful to have these two hands to put in the hard work and take some more cracks at success as we go down this wild & blessed road of life. #birthdayclangandbang #gratitude #cleanupyoursweatdammit A post shared by therock (@therock) on May 2, 2019 at 9:40am PDT

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Communication?

May we submit

Openness?

May we submit

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View this post on Instagram Its cool lady, @kevinhart4real tries to rub my pec meat the same way. Thanks to all the fans for waiting til I was done with my workout. Good to meet ya and see ya done the road. Best fans - and hands - in the world A post shared by therock (@therock) on Apr 27, 2019 at 4:44pm PDT

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The Ability to Relax?

May we submit

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View this post on Instagram Great to recharge the batteries this weekend, back home with all my girls and teaching this lil tornado how to swim. Took my shirt off and she said, Daddy I like it your brown boobies.. Thank you baby, but daddy has pecs, not boobies. #KickThoseLegs #UseThoseArms #MrBrownBoobs A post shared by therock (@therock) on Jul 14, 2018 at 11:16am PDT

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He can run.

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