September 30, 2019 - 02:15 PM EDT
Jesse Ventura considering run for president as independent
BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Venturasaid Saturday that he is considering a presidential run in 2020 as an independent.
“I have that voice in the back of my head that says to me, ‘if not me, then who?,'" the former wrestling star said on Fox 11 Los Angeles's "The Issue Is."
Ventura followed that up by criticizing President Trump for avoiding the Vietnam War draft.
"This guy who claims to have had bone spurs got out of the Vietnam War because it," he said.
"He couldn't even do one day of bootcamp to be a private."
Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota in 1998 running as a member of the Reform Party.
He left that party in 2000 to join the Independence Party of Minnesota.
Ventura, who has a program on Russia Today, floated the possibility of running for president as a Libertarian in 2016, but ultimately did not do so.
Last November he told TMZ that he might run for president in 2020 as a member of the Green Party.
"If I do do it, Trump will not have a chance," Ventura said.
"For one, Trump knows wrestling. He participated in two Wrestlemanias. He knows he can never out-talk a wrestler, and he knows I'm the greatest talker wrestling's ever had."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/463672-jesse-ventura-considering-run-for-president-as-independent
Jesse Ventura considering run for president as independent
BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Venturasaid Saturday that he is considering a presidential run in 2020 as an independent.
“I have that voice in the back of my head that says to me, ‘if not me, then who?,'" the former wrestling star said on Fox 11 Los Angeles's "The Issue Is."
Ventura followed that up by criticizing President Trump for avoiding the Vietnam War draft.
"This guy who claims to have had bone spurs got out of the Vietnam War because it," he said.
"He couldn't even do one day of bootcamp to be a private."
Ventura was elected governor of Minnesota in 1998 running as a member of the Reform Party.
He left that party in 2000 to join the Independence Party of Minnesota.
Ventura, who has a program on Russia Today, floated the possibility of running for president as a Libertarian in 2016, but ultimately did not do so.
Last November he told TMZ that he might run for president in 2020 as a member of the Green Party.
"If I do do it, Trump will not have a chance," Ventura said.
"For one, Trump knows wrestling. He participated in two Wrestlemanias. He knows he can never out-talk a wrestler, and he knows I'm the greatest talker wrestling's ever had."
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/463672-jesse-ventura-considering-run-for-president-as-independent
