Jesse “The Body” Ventura threatened a potential return to the Minnesota governor’s office following the shooting of a mother by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.

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    I don’t want him to run, I was a bit embarrassed he was governor when he was, but I do like what he says here.

    Americans in position of visibility and authority need to normalize talking about the Republican party as a domestic enemy to the Constitution, in particular. Not calling it what it is just normalizes it.

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      Considering everything about him, Jesse regularly has far better takes than you’d expect. And as far as former pro wrestlers go he’s practically woke

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      Jesse really wasn’t that bad of a governor, all things considered. He pumped a lot of money into education across the state and focused on reducing class sizes. He made public transportation a priority. He also supported gay rights and abortion.

      His hostile relationship towards the press really bothered me, but even that was never as bad as Trump’s outright war on journalism and at least he was very consistent in speaking to the voters directly when he felt he was being misrepresented by said press rather than just screaming FAKE NEWS like that’s a valid rebuttal…

      He wasn’t perfect by any measure, and there’s a lot he can be rightfully criticized for. But compared to any Republican governor (at least in my lifetime)? Far better.

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        i dont think people have forgiven him, at least the wrestling fan community over him ditching the wrestlers, because they wouldnt unionize with him which he started, he practically asking to “out to wrestlers to be fired” . he felt safe to do it because had sag-afta money as a backup plan. hulk hogan and vince wouldve retaliated against the wrestlers.

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      Vote red and become dead. Might as well take what you can get at this point because any non red will be better.