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The people’s champ…

With the presidential race heating up as November slowly approaches, bookies are continuing to place their bets on who could win the whole shebang. Now, it appears there’s a genuine individual who people think have a real chance, and if he got elected the White House would be straight up awesome.

According to Offschecker, WWE superstar-turned movie star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is the third-most backed presidential choice among UK bookies, following current President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden. According to the website, bets on Johnson boosted after a viral speech he posted to his social media platforms on Friday.

Titled “Where Are You”, the eight minute speech addresses the state of the U.S. and calls out current president Donald Trump’s inability to adequately lead the U.S.

“Where are you? Where is our leader at this time? At this time when our country is down on its knees begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain, begging and pleading with its arms out just wanting to be heard,” he said in the 8-minute video posted Wednesday. “Begging and pleading and praying for change. Where are you? Where is our compassionate leader who is going to step up to our country who is down on its knees and extend a hand and say ‘You stand up. Stand up with me. Stand up with me, because I’ve got you. I’ve got you. I’ve got you, I hear you, I’m listening to you and you have my word that I’m going to do everything in my power, till my dying day, to my last breath to do everything I can to create the change that’s needed, to normalize equality because black lives matter.’ Where are you?”

Where are you?#normalizeequality#blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/Xid3BC4B2n

— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) June 4, 2020

Unfortunately, it seems the Hollywood superstar won’t be running for office any time soon, telling Vanity Fair in 2018 “It’s a position that requires years of hard work and experience to learn the skills. There’s a lot of ground to cover, and due to my schedule, it’s not possible in 2020… I have so much respect for the position. It’s something that I seriously considered. What I need is time to go out and learn.”

This is definitely understandable, but given the current climate and the fact that the current President is a former celebrity TV host, I’d say Dwayne definitely meets the criteria and then some…