Dwayne Johnson calls out Trump's actions during the protests: “Where are you? Where is our leader at this time when our country is down on its knees, begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain?
“Where are you? Where is our leader?” Johnson starts out by asking. “Where is our leader at this time when our country is down on its knees, begging, pleading, hurt, angry, frustrated, in pain with its arms out, just wanting to be heard?” The actor repeatedly asks, “Where are you?” throughout the video, which lasts eight minutes and 25 seconds.
Floyd died on May 25 after a Minneapolis police officer held his knee on Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. Many radio stations and TV networks, including ViacomCBS and Nickelodeon, went off the air for that amount of time in honor of Floyd this week. “Where is our compassionate leader who’s going to step up to our country who’s down on its knees, and extend a hand and say, ‘You stand up, stand up with me because I 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, until my dying day, my last breath, to do everything I can to create the change that is needed, to normalize equality because Black lives matter.’ Where are you?” Johnson says.Bruce Springsteen Dedicates Radio Show to George Floyd, Denounces 'Unfeeling' White House Response While Country Is 'On Fire' Though Johnson doesn’t refer to Trump by name, it’s clear that he’s speaking about the American president. The monologue is one of the strongest political stances he has openly taken during his career. The actor also calls out the “All Lives Matter” movement, saying that right now, Black lives need support. “Of course, all lives matter, but in this moment right now, this defining, pivotal, explosive moment where our country is down on its knees…we must say the words: Black lives matter,” he says. Trump’s comments and tweets about protesters and suggesting violence against looters have been widely criticized by other
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