Jesse Ventura weighing presidential run on Green Party ticket

[shotten99]

Source: New York Post

Former WWE star Jesse Ventura has admitted he is considering jumping in the ring with a wildcard presidential run — only days after bashing rumors about it.

“OK, I’ve decided I’m going to test the waters. IF I were going to run for president, the GREEN party would be my first choice,” the 68-year-old wrestler-turned-Minnesota governor tweeted Monday.

“To be clear: I haven’t filed anything. I authorized a letter of interest that was sent on my behalf to the Greens and I’m testing the waters for Green Party nomination,” he said.

“I’m an independent. I’m not a Democrat or a Republican because I know they’re not the solution.”

Read more: https://nypost.com/2020/04/28/jesse-ventura-weighing-presidential-run-on-green-party-ticket/

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This guy is Trump, but not an idiot....

[htuttle]

1. Does he still have a show on RT (Russian state media)

https://www.startribune.com/former-gov-jesse-ventura-has-a-new-gig-on-russian-television/427092891/

[Under The Radar]

2. Well hell.....as if things couldn't get any more crazy

[IronLionZion]

3. Would the Green party even want him?

He's not very liberal, so why Green?

[Doodley]

4. Of course that makes sense. He's always campaigned for environmental policies. What a joke!

[Gothmog]

5. Putin has found another puppet

Link to tweet

[bronxiteforever]

9. +100

[Gothmog]

13. Exhibit B

Link to tweet

[bronxiteforever]

22. Also +100

[Roy Rolling]

23. Oh please, please, please

Like he will draw away Biden support.

Anybody who votes for Ventura will be because their first choice, Trump, isn’t macho enough.

He won’t be a Jill Stein.

[bronxiteforever]

33. Interesting that was your take away

To each his own no matter what

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Is this better than Jill Stein last time?

I can see Jesse Ventura appealing to deplorables more than Jill Stein pulled votes from among people with more liberal leanings in 2016.

[safeinOhio]

11. That is what I'm thinking.n/t

[lastlib]

7. I guess Tulsi didn't work out so well for Vladdy-Daddy.......

Eff this guy, too! With a pitchfork.

[lagomorph777]

28. Tulsi might make a good running-mate.

On the Putin ticket.

[Squinch]

8. He'd take votes from Donnie Bodybags, not Joe.

[Wellstone ruled]

10. This Guy is a

Egotistical Fake. He ruined our City,and then the Sheeple in Minnesota elected this POS as Gov strictly believing his Bullshit and a hundred dollar tax refund.

You can not fix Stupid. Known this Sucker on a personal level,he is a true Fake.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

17. Jesse really did a number on the state's budget

with those refunds. The one useful thing he did was get the light rail project going, but otherwise he was an example of what can happen when you chase after the shiny object because you think the alternative is too boring - and his opponents from both parties really were pretty uninspiring. So all he needed to win was to be flashy and unconventional and hire a clever ad guy. Beware of the shiny object (on the liberal side - we have them, too - there was Michael Avenatti, who would have been just as bad if he hadn't been caught out as a grifter).

[Wellstone ruled]

21. Yes the DFL gave us

a real Empty Suit. Skip would not listen. My last name is what? Told him to his face at Hockey Practice,your going to loose Buddy,your Name does not win elections,Jesse is eating your lunch with the Out-state and Women Voters. His reply,you got to be kidding,no I am not,I see the Lawn Signs in those out state towns and they are not DFL.

[packman]

12. Shit, why not!

Has to be an improvement on what is in the WH now.

[stopdiggin]

31. because the Democratic party might have a chance

at really changing some things? As opposed to some dead end, ego-tripping waster?

[Initech]

14. Jesse Ventura is the Ralph Nader of Jill Steins.

[FakeNoose]

15. I don't believe he could hurt Biden much, but who wants to listen to this guy?

My God, he's as bad as Chump! Two peas in a pod.
Green Party, please don't make Jesse Ventura a nominee.

[generalbetrayus]

16. "There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution,

and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president." — Kurt Vonnegut

[yellowcanine]

18. He is pretty squishy on climate change so don't see how that fits with the Green Party.

If the Green Party falls for this they have hit rock bottom, imo.

[Yavin4]

19. Imagine the debate stage with Trump, Biden, and Jesse

Biden should just let Trump and Jesse wrassle while he calmly talks to America.

[Locrian]

20. uh, oh....

Wasn't the president in Idiocity a wrestler??!!

[shotten99]

24. Ventura has consistently been more of a Libertarian than a Green Party supporter.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

25. Ventura's ego and vanity say to hell with 58,000 dead Americans. . . . nt

[B Stieg]

26. How is he going to pay for it?

Are the Greens flush with cash?
Follow the Money!

[jmowreader]

27. It would never happen, but it could be fun to talk about

The United States has two Russian FSB-controlled political parties, the Republicans and the Greens. They ran Jill Stein on the Green ticket in 2016 because they knew she’d pull support from the Democratic ticket.

They will not under any circumstance run a candidate on the Green ticket who will dilute support for Trump, which is what would happen if Ventura was in the race.

[left-of-center2012]

29. We do not need a 3rd party

Did we learn nothing from Nader or Johnson?

[Haggis for Breakfast]

37. You're forgetting Ross Perot !

[stopdiggin]

30. WELL OF COURSE !!

Because it worked so well for Minnesota! (just ask them)
(aren't we about done with the celebrity politician phase?)

[OneCrazyDiamond]

32. Trump and him can wrestle at the debates. n/t

[mahina]

34. Not bad news for us. He'll pull the bonehead vote

From Trump.

Well, some of it.

I wonder who on the right is propping this up. If there any of Miller or Bannin’s smoking footprints we’d better be ready for the ambush.

[Talitha]

35. What's the cut-off date for him to file?

And BTW he looks like shit!

[Wolf Frankula]

36. Although he's more qualified than the tRump to be President

I cannot give him my vote. But I would happily give him a waterboard, Dick Cheney and one hour.

Wolf