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SNL Videos: Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Announces 2020 White House Run With Running Mate Tom Hanks
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Published May 21, 2017
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Cementing his status as a superstar Renaissance man, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson joined Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club AND officially announced his plans to run for president in 2020 with fellow Five-Timers Club member Tom Hanks as his vice president during the monologue. Hanks predicted, "Together we would get 100% of the vote. I would get the senior vote because I fought in World War II in like ten different movies."
"And I would get the minority vote because everyone just assumes I'm whatever they are," Johnson declared.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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