Republican candidate tried and failed to get the Duke Nukem bump

How do those balls of steel taste?

The voice behind the toughest man in the video game business, Jon St. John shot down the opportunity to do ad work for a “leading GOP candidate for president.” Now I’m not Sherlock Holmes, but I’m pretty sure that leaves only two suspects. Possible crazy man Ted Cruz, or the border-shuttering hairpiece himself, Donald Trump. One of these two men was looking for an endorsement from an out of date muscle-bound chauvinist who is more heavily armed than an issue of Guns & Ammo. I know who I’d place my money on.

In a Facebook post, St. John said “I don’t like to turn down jobs…especially when it’s a national ad campaign that pays pretty well. But I have a conscience and could not accept a gig to be the advertising voice of the Republican party’s leading candidate for president. Thanks for the kind offer, but I will sleep just fine at night knowing I made a choice I can live with.”

That might just be the most polite “fuck you” I’ve ever read. St. Jon ended on a more cheerful note saying “Meanwhile I’m happy to be recording a new video game today” so we can look forward to more grizzled one-liners in the future, even if they won’t be appearing in political messages.

What do you think? Would a Duke endorsement have swayed your vote one way or the other?

Duke Nukem actor turned down gig for top GOP presidential candidate [Polygon]