The Rock displayed 'political cowardice' by not endorsing Biden, former ESPN anchor claims

Ex-ESPN anchor Jemele Hill called out Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for "political cowardice" because he won't publicly endorse President Biden ahead of the 2024 election.

In an exclusive interview with "Fox & Friends" on Friday, the actor and former WWE superstar explained that he ultimately regretted endorsing Biden in 2020 because of the division it has caused.

"Am I going to do that again this year? That answer's no. I'm not going to do that," Johnson said. "Because what I realized that what that caused back then was something that tears me up in my guts back then and now, which is division. And that got me."

Hill, a contributing writer for The Atlantic, appeared on the Dan Le Batard Show on Monday and attacked Johnson's lack of public support for Biden or any presidential candidate as a "non-statement."

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"That is the most statement-non-statement I’ve ever heard. And I love Dwayne Johnson. Like, you know, during my time at ESPN, if you ask people, the number one person who they felt like, when they did the car wash, was like the best person that came through there in terms of, like, how they interacted with people, how nice they were, it was easily The Rock or number two would be Kevin Hart," Hill said, referring to when a newsmaker does several shows and interviews at ESPN in quick succession. "And that’s the kind of, frankly, political cowardice that’s hard to respect."

Hill also criticized Johnson by suggesting that if he wasn’t going to vote for Biden, then he would indirectly be supporting bigotry.

She added, "I don’t understand how Joe Biden is the divisive one, where what he’s running against is pushing bigotry,