# 2020 US Presidential election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 10, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946 "2017-07-10T19:35:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/1 "2017-07-10T19:35:30Z")
Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson has officially filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for President of the United States. It isn’t clear that he has endorsed the campaign as of yet, though he has talked about running in the past. > **[The Rock Has a Presidential Campaign Committee—Whether He Knows It or Not](https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-rock-has-a-presidential-campaign-committee)** > > The “Run the Rock 2020” campaign filed on Johnson’s behalf to draft him for the 2020 election campaign. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/2 "2017-07-10T19:37:25Z")
We could do worse - and we often _have_. I’m deeply impressed with John Cena after [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MdK8hBkR3s), too. Maybe they could form a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/3 "2017-07-10T22:31:48Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson has officially filed with the Federal Election Commission as a candidate for President of the United States. > > It isn’t clear that he has endorsed the campaign as of yet, though he has talked about running in the past. > > [The Rock Has a Presidential Campaign Committee—Whether He Knows It or | Vanity Fair](http://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/07/the-rock-has-a-presidential-campaign-committee) So in other words , Dwayne hasn’t officially filed with the FEC. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/4 "2017-07-10T22:40:54Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > I’m deeply impressed with John Cena after [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MdK8hBkR3s), too. Another impressive fact about Cena: he has done more work with the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/5 "2017-07-10T23:09:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Another impressive fact about Cena: he has done more work with the Make-a-Wish Foundation than any other celebrity. I hate to break it to you guys but even if we changed the Constitution so that only WWE alumni who’ve done charitable work are eligible for President, Trump could still run. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/6 "2017-07-11T00:25:34Z")
Is it charitable work if you keep all the money yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/7 "2017-07-11T02:42:33Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I hate to break it to you guys but even if we changed the Constitution so that only WWE alumni who’ve done charitable work are eligible for President, Trump could still run. I don’t know. Trump would have to actually provide proof of his charitable work in that scenario and his claims in that area look as fraudulent as most of his other claims. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/8 "2017-07-11T02:54:03Z")
> [@CarnalK](#): > > I hate to break it to you guys but even if we changed the Constitution so that only WWE alumni who’ve done charitable work are eligible for President, Trump could still run. What charitable work has he done? ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/9 "2017-07-11T03:17:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What charitable work has he done? Charity begins at home. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/10 "2017-07-11T10:11:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > What charitable work has he done? > **[Where Did Trump's Foundation Donate Its Money? IRS Documents Reveal...](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/09/where-did-trumps-foundation-donate-its-money-irs-documents-reveal-surprising-answers/#577f66a27b52)** > > The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave away $10.9 million from 2001 to 2014, taking a scattershot approach to philanthropy with donations to more than 400 different charities, according to a Forbes analysis of IRS filings. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/11 "2017-07-11T11:43:56Z")
I do still hold out hope that some feasible third party option will happen for the 2020 election. And it almost certainly has to be built around someone well known, charismatic, and intelligent. And among the possible options who could possibly fit the bill, that I can see, the Rock isn’t that bad of a choice, all in all. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/12 "2017-07-11T12:21:02Z")
Rocky’s clearly an intelligent guy, and he has his own following, but I have a great deal of trouble taking him seriously as a Presidential candidate. It would give all-new meaning to “The Public Elbow,” though. Having said that, I’d vote for him over Trump, but I’m known to say I’d vote for Mickey Mouse over Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/13 "2017-07-11T12:38:20Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Rocky’s clearly an intelligent guy, and he has his own following, but I have a great deal of trouble taking him seriously as a Presidential candidate. Johnson is following in a long line of actors who became American politicians: Eastwood, Arnie, Reagan, Ventura, Bono, Franken… ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/14 "2017-07-11T12:39:47Z")
Based on my reading of the article, it was actually just some random dude who filed for Dwayne Johnson to be a candidate. Johnson himself didn’t do anything. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/15 "2017-07-11T12:48:49Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > I do still hold out hope that some feasible third party option will happen for the 2020 election. How do you envision a 3d party presidential candidate being “feasible”? Instead, the history is of a 3d party sucking votes from the more closely aligned of the 2 majors. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/16 "2017-07-11T13:25:37Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > Johnson is following in a long line of actors who became American politicians: Eastwood, Arnie, Reagan, Ventura, Bono, Franken… Only one of whom reached the lofty height of the Presidency, and he’d been President of SAG and Governor of CA before that. (I still have hopes for Franken, but I’m not confident.) ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/17 "2017-07-11T14:51:16Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > How do you envision a 3d party presidential candidate being “feasible”? Instead, the history is of a 3d party sucking votes from the more closely aligned of the 2 majors. I’m not sure what the source of the votes has to do with the feasibility of the party or candidate. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/18 "2017-07-11T15:36:39Z")
I thought he was running with Tom Hanks. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/19 "2017-07-11T17:53:01Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > [Where Did Trump's Foundation Donate Its Money? IRS Documents Reveal Surprising Answers](https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/02/09/where-did-trumps-foundation-donate-its-money-irs-documents-reveal-surprising-answers/#577f66a27b52) I can’t see that, they want me to remove my adblock, and I won’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![CarnalK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnalk/32/486_2.png) [@CarnalK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CarnalK)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2017, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946/20 "2017-07-11T18:27:19Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I can’t see that, they want me to remove my adblock, and I won’t do it. First paragraph: > [@](#): > > The Donald J. Trump Foundation gave away $10.9 million from 2001 to 2014, taking a scattershot approach to philanthropy with donations to more than 400 different charities, according to a Forbes analysis of 14 years of IRS documents. Among the notable recipients: the William J. Clinton Foundation, a state branch of the ACLU and a nonprofit run by the New York Times, which Trump routinely criticizes on Twitter. Only $2.8 million of that money came from Trump himself. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-us-presidential-election/790946.md?page=2)