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‘Mighty Ducks’ actor and cryptocurrency ‘cowboy’ Brock Pierce announces 2020 presidential run

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AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJul 06, 2020 at 7:21 pmMaybe he could be Kanye’s co-president?Former child actor and cryptocurrency “cowboy” Brock Pierce has announced his surprise plan to join the 2020 presidential race.AdvertisementThe actor who played the younger version of Gordon Bombay in Disney’s “Mighty Ducks” franchise said he hopes to use his colorful business background to “provide a path forward for the rebuilding of our nation.”“I love this country, and I see ways in which to better our lives,” he said released online.Advertisement“Right now hope is not enough. (The year) 2020 has taken its toll on all of us, and many of us are concerned about the state of our nation,” he said.“I don’t have all the answers. I’m not perfect,” he said. “God knows I have the battle scars to prove it. But those battle scars have given me the fortitude and the determination to overcome the challenges that we face now.”Pierce, 39, previously partnered with Steve Bannon, President Trump’s former chief strategist, in a Hong Kong-based startup that used low-wage Chinese workers to play video games around the clock and accumulate weapons and powers sold to customers for top dollar.WeekdaysCatch up on the day’s top five stories every weekday afternoon. &gt; He later got into the highly speculative world of virtual money such as Bitcoin and tried to create a cryptocurrency haven in Puerto Rico, touting the island’s low taxes.Pierce co-founded , a cryptocurrency and software startup whose coin offering raised more than a billion dollars.John Oliver from HBO’s “Last Week Tonight” Block.one’s business model in a 2018 segment that called Pierce a “sleepy, creepy cowboy from the future.”Pierce left the company a short time later.The former actor announced his presidential run a day after music mogul Kanye West said Advertisement“We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States ! #2020VISION,” West wrote in a Saturday night.West previously said he for Trump in November 2020. Advertisement

AdvertisementBy New York Daily NewsJul 06, 2020 at 7:21 pmMaybe he could be Kanye’s co-president?Former child actor and cryptocurrency “cowboy” Brock Pierce has announced his surprise plan to join the 2020 presidential race.AdvertisementThe actor who played the younger version of Gordon Bombay in Disney’s “Mighty Ducks” franchise said he hopes to use his colorful business background to “provide a path forward for the rebuilding of our nation.”“I love this country, and I see ways in which to better our lives,” he said released online.Advertisement“Right now hope is not enough. (The year)...

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‘Mighty Ducks’ actor and cryptocurrency ‘cowboy’ Brock Pierce announces 2020 presidential run

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