Rainn Wilson, best known for playing Dwight Schrute on hit sitcom «The Office,» says partisan hypocrisy on both sides of the political aisle is fueling America’s divisions, while arguing that cancel culture has stifled modern-day comedy.

Wilson told Fox News Digital that cancel culture, a result of growing political divisions, has damaged the ability for a comedy in a show like «The Office» to thrive and be acceptable in today’s society.

«I do feel like you couldn’t make The Office today,» Wilson said. «I think that would be too hard to be as politically incorrect as the show was. And I do, I do kind of miss that.»

He explained how, despite that both his character and actor Steve Carell’s role as Michael Scott, were purposely portrayed as lacking «self-awareness» and «a boob,» the humor still would not fly or be viewed as socially acceptable in today’s society.

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«We milked that for a lot of great, really inappropriate stuff,» Wilson said. «But even with the fact that painting that character as just an idiot, I don’t think you could get away with it today.»

Aside from comedy, Wilson said one of the biggest drivers of America’s political dysfunction is what he described as partisan hypocrisy, with both Republicans and Democrats quick to condemn misconduct of the opposing party while overlooking similar behavior on their own side.

Wilson used the response to Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner’s list of growing scandals throughout his campaign as an example, specifically citing the reaction to his Nazi tattoo as racist or religious discrimination.

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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine, points to a covered tattoo that was previously recognized as a Nazi symbol during an interview in Portland, Maine, on Oct. 22, 2025. (WGME via AP)

«The political right is all up in arms about that ‘Oh, he’s a racist, see,’» Wilson explained. «But they won’t look at their own side when people show racist tendencies or say racist things. And it’s the same on the left. They’re willing to overlook the Platner Nazi tattoo, but if it was someone from the other side that had a tattoo that was questionable, they would be all over MSNBC about it.»

«It’s the hypocrisy that gets me the most. It’s the hypocrisy of like, both sides need to have, kind of, equal standards of behavior.»

Despite his concerns about political division, Wilson argued that faith and spirituality remain one of the country’s most overlooked sources of common ground.

«There’s not any topic that has more commonality and mutuality than spiritual ideas,» Wilson said.

«The ideas around spirituality have kind of been weaponized in terms of the national discussion, but actually the two sides have more in common than you would think.»

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Rainn Wilson addresses a Capitol Hill press conference in Washington, D.C., as part of an effort promoting dialogue across political and ideological divides. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Wilson made the remarks while appearing on Capitol Hill alongside Reps. Brendan Boyle, D-Pa., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., and religious leaders for the public release of A Common Endeavor: Realizing the Promise of America, a five-part letter backed by leaders of the Baha’i faith that works to bridge political polarization and focus on shared American values.

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«The partisan divide and toxic partisanship, and corruption in partisanship, is something that the American people are very passionate about,» Wilson said. 

«The people want this fixed. There is an outcry from people. They want it fixed.»

Las autoridades del régimen de Corea del Norte reafirmó el domingo que su estatus como Estado poseedor de armas nucleares es “irreversible” y lo definió como clave para la estabilidad regional, en rechazo a los llamados de Estados Unidos y sus aliados para retomar la desnuclearización.

Según la agencia estatal norcoreana (KCNA), un portavoz anónimo sostuvo en un comunicado: “La retórica vacía de Estados Unidos y sus fuerzas vasallas contra la RPDC… jamás podrá afectar la posición irreversible de Corea del Norte como Estado poseedor de armas nucleares”.

La declaración respondió a la reunión trilateral celebrada el viernes en Tokio, donde Corea del Sur, Japón y Estados Unidos ratificaron su compromiso con la “desnuclearización completa de la península coreana”, según el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Seúl. El mensaje norcoreano añadió: “La ‘desnuclearización’ es un asunto irreversiblemente finalizado”.

La postura de Pyongyang mantiene la línea marcada a principios de mes por Kim Yo-jong, hermana del dictador Kim Jong-un, quien definió el programa nuclear como “línea de no retirada”. El portavoz norcoreano también utilizó las ventas recientes de sistemas de armas estadounidenses a Seúl y Tokio como argumento para justificar la continuidad del desarrollo nuclear, al calificarlo como “una sólida garantía de seguridad para la estabilidad y la paz regionales”.

Desde el estancamiento de las conversaciones con Washington en 2019, cuando la cumbre entre Kim Jong-un y el entonces presidente estadounidense Donald Trump en Hanói concluyó sin acuerdo, Corea del Norte aceleró su programa nuclear.

En una posible referencia a esas negociaciones fallidas, el portavoz subrayó: “Nadie puede recuperar la ‘desnuclearización’ que se ha perdido definitivamente en la tendencia de los tiempos”. La reciente visita del líder chino Xi Jinping a Pyongyang, luego de mantener cumbres en Beijing con Trump y Putin, no incluyó menciones públicas sobre el tema nuclear, según los informes oficiales de ambos gobiernos.

Cabe recordar que la Unión Europea (UE) y Corea del Sur firmaron el miércoles pasado un acuerdo sobre comercio digital y reforzaron su asociación estratégica en seguridad y defensa, en respuesta a un contexto internacional que los líderes calificaron de “incierto”. Los presidentes de la Comisión Europea, Ursula von der Leyen, y del Consejo Europeo, António Costa, junto al presidente surcoreano, Lee Jae-myung, emitieron una declaración conjunta que incluyó una condena a “la cooperación militar ilegal” entre Moscú y Pyongyang.

Los mandatarios expresaron su “grave preocupación” por los programas de armas nucleares y misiles balísticos del régimen de Kim, e instaron a la “desnuclearización completa de la Península de Corea”. Según la declaración, la alianza se amplía a nuevas áreas de cooperación en materia de seguridad y defensa, en un escenario internacional marcado por riesgos crecientes.

La presidenta von der Leyen afirmó: “La seguridad europea y la coreana están más interconectadas que nunca”, e hizo referencia a la presencia de “soldados norcoreanos combatiendo junto a tropas rusas en Ucrania”. El acuerdo de comercio digital y la profundización de la asociación estratégica apuntan a fortalecer los lazos bilaterales frente a desafíos globales de seguridad, defensa y estabilidad regional, de acuerdo con la posición manifestada por la Comisión Europea.

El Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Corea del Norte calificó el reciente acuerdo entre la Unión Europea y Corea del Sur como “una clara violación de la soberanía” y lo consideró un “acto hostil”. La declaración oficial norcoreana se difundió tras la firma del pacto de comercio digital y el fortalecimiento de la cooperación en defensa y seguridad entre Seúl y Bruselas.

En su pronunciamiento, Corea del Norte acusó al presidente surcoreano Lee Jae Myung de “quitarse la molesta máscara de la paz” y tildó a su país de “el Estado enemigo número uno”. Además, la cancillería norcoreana afirmó que “nunca podrá existir una coexistencia pacífica” entre ambos países mientras Corea del Sur actúe como “títere de las fuerzas ucranianas”.

(Con información de Europa Press)

President Donald Trump on Saturday made an 11th-hour endorsement in a crucial Senate race in battleground Georgia, which is among a handful that will likely decide if the GOP holds its slim majority in the chamber in November’s midterm elections.

Trump endorsed Republican Rep. Mike Collins, a MAGA champion and strong supporter of the president, who is facing off in Tuesday’s runoff election against former college football coach Derek Dooley, who has the support of popular conservative Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.

The winner of the GOP Senate nomination will face off in the midterms against Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff. Republicans view Ossoff as the most vulnerable Senate Democrat seeking re-election and are heavily targeting the first-term senator.

Collins, who represents Georgia’s 10th Congressional District, which is located between Atlanta and Augusta, is the son of the late Rep. Mac Collins, and is the founder and co-owner, along with his wife, of a trucking company.

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He and Dooley, a lawyer, a former University of Tennessee football coach and the son of legendary University of Georgia head football coach Vince Dooley, were the top two finishers in a crowded field of candidates that also included Rep. Buddy Carter. Since no one topped 50% in last month’s primary, Collins and Dooley advanced to Tuesday’s runoff election.

While Collins has long showcased his MAGA credentials and support for the president, Trump remained neutral in the Georgia primary and runoff election until now.

Meanwhile, Dooley is strongly backed by the term-limited Kemp, who is a lifelong friend. Kemp and his wife, Georgia First Lady Marty Kemp, have regularly appeared with Dooley on the campaign trail, and the governor’s top political advisor is a senior consultant for Dooley’s Senate bid.

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Georgia Residents Vote In Primary Election Derek Dooley, Republican US Senate candidate for Georgia, from left, his wife Allison Jeffers Dooley, Marty Kemp, Georgia’s first lady, and Brian Kemp, governor of Georgia, during an election night event at Park Bench Battery in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

While Dooley has emphasized his outsider image and targeted Collins as a political insider, Collins has criticized him for a lack of political experience and for living outside of Georgia for much of his adult life.

Both candidates have some political baggage.

The House Ethics Committee has been investigating Collins over allegations he paid an intern in a district office who had a romantic relationship with his congressional chief of staff but who did not actually perform any work. Collins denied any wrongdoing and kept the staffer on his Senate campaign.

But the staffer was later fired by Collins after taking to social media on behalf of the campaign to mock the wife of a Dooley campaign advisor who attempted suicide after accusing Matt Lauer of rape. The social media post was deleted and Collins apologized, calling the tweet «despicable and unauthorized.»

Dooley, over the past week, was reportedly accused of being part of a «pay to play» scandal involving brother Daniel Dooley, and the governor. Dooley and Kemp have denied any wrongdoing, but Democrats in the legislature requested an independent investigation.

Sen. Jon Ossoff, a Democrat from Georgia, is running for re-election in the 2026 midterms. (Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

While the Republicans have been battling for their party’s nomination over the past year, Ossoff has built a powerful war chest that will give him a major fundraising advantage as the general election gets underway.

While he isn’t on the ballot, the president’s immense clout over the GOP is also facing another key test in Georgia’s other runoff, where Trump-backed Lt. Gov. Burt Jones is battling billionaire businessman Rick Jackson for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, in the race to succeed Kemp.

The brute force of the president’s endorsement power has been on display in GOP primaries over the past month, with his candidates ousting incumbents he targeted in showdowns in Indiana, Louisiana, Kentucky and Texas that grabbed plenty of national attention.

But Trump’s endorsement streak in statewide and congressional Republican primaries was snapped two weeks ago when his 11th-hour endorsement of Republican Rep. Randy Feenstra of Iowa in the race to succeed retiring GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds wasn’t enough to propel the three-term congressman to victory.

Feenstra was narrowly edged by Zach Lahn, a businessman, farmer and former political strategist who was backed by the political wings of MAHA — the acronym for the Make America Healthy Again movement aligned with Trump Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — and Turning Point USA, the powerful conservative organization co-founded by the late Charlie Kirk.

Zach Lahn raises his fist in celebration after defeating his primary opponent in Iowa’s GOP gubernatorial race on Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (Zach Lahn for Governor via Facebook)

Trump rebounded last week, as the candidate he endorsed in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette, finished first in a crowded field and clinched one of the two tickets in the race for the nomination.

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Meanwhile, longtime Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham did win a majority of the vote in the Republican Senate primary, and avoided a runoff.

Graham, who was endorsed by Trump, was facing primary challenges from five candidates, including conservative businessman Mark Lynch, who took aim at the senator over his support for the war in Iran. Lynch was backed by some MAGA leaders who have been critical of the president.