The Rock Sends A Passionate Message To President Trump

The death of George Floyd is being talked about all over the world right now, and various personalities from the wrestling community have been speaking out on social media as of late.

Former WWE Champion The Rock recently took to Instagram to deliver a passionate speech questioning the leadership in the United States of America right now.

Rock addressed the Black Lives Matter movement and said that “of course all lives matter” but encouraged people to acknowledge that “Black Lives Matter.”

The Rock continuously asks “Where are you?” throughout the video while questioning why there is no leader to take accountability for what’s happening, and to bring people together during these times.

“Where are you? Where are you because here’s what happens when you extend a hand and you reach out to Americans that are in pain and they stand with you, here’s what happens, the entire country stands and rises with you as well. There is military force that has been deployed on our own people. Looters, yes. Criminals, absolutely, but our protesters who are begging and pleading, our protesters who are in pain, you know you would be surprised how people in pain would respond when you say to them, ‘I care about you,’ when you say to them, ‘I’m listening to you.’ You’d be surprised how people would respond, how Americans would respond if you say to them, ‘I care about you. I’m listening to you. This is our country. You are all my people, and I take full responsibility and full accountability for something that has been 100s of years of systemic disease. Why am I taking full accountability because I am your leader. I’m your leader, and I’m gonna do everything I can to make this right. And I tell you what. You give me some trust, you give me some time, you give me some effort [and] you give me some love, I’m right there with you and together, we’re gonna make this right. Together, we’re gonna create that change. Together we’re gonna normalize equality. We’re gonna do it, but we’re gonna do it together.’ You’d be surprised how well Americans and how human beings would respond. They would rise up with you. We will rise up with you. The world will rise up with you.”

Rock continued by saying he’s not a politician, but he encouraged people to be their own leaders as the country waits for a leader to emerge.

“I’m angry, but I’m also doing my best to stay focused and calm as I possibly can be in the pocket to make the best decision for my family and make the best decisions for our country. So as we continue to wait for that leader to emerge, as we continue to wait for that leader to emerge, I would recommend to all of you that we must become the leaders that we are looking for. We become our own leaders because we’re doing it now. We’re doing it now. We must become the leaders we are looking for.”

The Rock’s full video along with the caption attached to the video can be seen below.

“Where are you? Our country is crippled and on its knees, begging to be heard and pleading for change. Where is our compassionate leader? The leader who unifies and inspires our country at our most painful time when we need it the most. The leader who steps up and takes full accountability for our country and embraces every color in it. The leader who picks our country up off its knees and says you have my word – we got this – and together, change will happen. Where are you? Because we’re all here. Maybe one day that galvanizing leader will emerge. Either way, the process to change has already begun. #normalizeequality #blacklivesmatter”

H/T Wrestling Inc.