Dan Rodimer, a former WWE developmental talent, is now running for office in the state of Texas. He was a former contestant on the 2004 Tough Enough. Rodimer is running for a congressional seat in Texas, a position left open when Congressman Ron Wight passed away due to COVID-19. Rodimer will be running for the position along with 23 other candidates.
In his campaign video (seen above), Rodimer is seen as a Texan competing in a bull-riding sketch (with help from a stunt double) and a Texas accent. Rodimer did run for a seat in the state of New Jersey in 2020, but lost. He was also a home builder in Houston, Texas.
Rodimer’s campaign video has gone viral due to people accusing him of “cosplaying” as a native Texan and pointing out that he ran for Nevada. Rodimer said the following in an interview with CNN regarding the stunt double being used: ”I actually stayed on for 11 seconds and the only reason I was able to get off — well, unfortunately my hand was stuck, so I couldn’t get off sooner — we didn’t get the full filming of it, and, yeah, we had other people jump in to be body doubles.”
Rodimer also went on to address the Texas accent used in the video, saying, “You know, we have an old saying here in Texas — ‘I may not have been born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.’ And that’s why we came back. In regards to my voice, well, as you can hear right now, it’s gone. It’s been gone for the past three weeks. And between the two videos that they put back-to-back, you know if you look at them, they were selectively edited. If you watch the whole thing, you’re going to hear my voice it’s just like it is right now.”
