Cody Rhodes Discusses Backlash To His January 6th Tweet, People Insisting That He’s A Republican

Some political conversation from Cody Rhodes.

The latest episode of comedian Bert Kreischer’s ‘Bertcast’ featured a sit-down chat with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes.

Rhodes recounted the backlash he received on social media when he tweeted a GIF of himself getting amped up with the caption, ‘January 6th, Bring it.’ Rhodes tweeted that on the day that over 1,000 people stormed and attacked the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., in response to Donald Trump losing the 2020 U.S. Presidential election to Joe Biden.

Rhodes said he was not aware of what was going on and tweeted what he did to promote ‘Go-Big Show’ on TBS, which he starred in, and the new season premiered that day. Rhodes commented on people insisting that he’s a Republican.

He stated that his family is and has always been moderate or liberal. Rhodes said he’s moderate.

“So the Capitol riots were January 6th, right?… Go-Big Show, we debuted the second season on January 6th, and it lives in infamy, especially because I’m — I try not to be on socials as much but I still can get pretty gotten-to about a moment here and there. But I put a GIF of me in-ring, going like this, ‘Come on!!’ And all I wrote was ‘January 6th,’ and it’s me doing that… Because not enough people watch Go-Big Show. I can’t explain to them, no! No! It was a show that we were doing and it really checks the box because there’s a group of people that’s just insisting on, ‘That guy’s clearly a Republican. He’s had a Trump hat before, he has a neck tat. He’s from Georgia. He’s clearly –’ whereas my family is super moderate, fairly a lifetime liberal family. We’ve been all over the map, sure. But, those people, there’s no way I’m convincing them. I mean, it’s the U.S. flag on the side of my neck. It would be a waste of my time to try and like, hey, well, I think a little differently than you’d perhaps perceive but okay… I’m very moderate, so that means I have no voice. Like, no voice.”

Rhodes is gearing up to compete in the men’s WarGames match at Survivor Series. He’ll be teaming with World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, The Usos (Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso) and Roman Reigns to take on Brock Lesnar, Drew McIntyre, Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed and Logan Paul.

If the quote in this article is used, please credit the Bertcast with an H/T to Fightful for the transcription.