The American political landscape is a hotbed of activity, with former president and WWE Hall of Famer Donald Trump already announcing his intent to run for re-election in 2024 amidst numerous scandals.
Former governor of Minnesota and fellow WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Venutra was recently asked in an interview for AdFreeShows whether he had plans to continue his political career, particularly when it comes to the heated presidential race set to take place in 2024. He said that while he has no specific goals to run for president in 2024, he would consider it if he knew a third party could gain ballot access equal to that of the Democrats and Republicans.
“I’m here. Do I have anything in place? No. I want people to know Jesse Ventura is simply a citizen. I don’t have a staff. I don’t have gophers.
“I don’t have people hired, but I’m here, and if say, the Forward party with Andrew Yang, if they approached me to be a candidate, I will say this. I would have to give any, if it was reasonable, if it was the Libertarians, the Forward party, if they had national, if they had the ability to win, which means they have to have ballot access in enough states to become the president, I would have to give it its due consideration, wouldn’t I? Because as I look at my country today, I’m still a patriotic individual.”
“Let Me In The Debates” – Jesse Ventura On Wanting To Oppose Joe Biden And Donald Trump
Continuing, Ventura said he believes he could defeat both Trump and Biden if he were allowed to take part in the presidential debates ahead of the 2024 election. He also believes whether or not he’ll eventually run comes down to destiny.
“The one thing that always will rise up in the back of my mind when it comes to that is this. It’ll come down to if it’s feasible, I’ll always ask myself this question, ‘If not you, then who?’ So until I see, the who, I’ll always give it its due consideration and right now, I’m seeing a rematch between Trump and Biden. In typical Jesse mode, I could whip either one of them and I could whip them both at the same time. All I need is the ballot access and let me in the debates.
“Then the question comes, ‘At my age, do I really want to finish my life doing that shit?’ But then again, there it is, but if not you, then who?, and if you’re a person like me, I sometimes tend to believe in destiny. I think that if it’s destined for Jesse to run for president, then something will happen that will make that happen, and if it doesn’t happen, then it wasn’t destiny.”
A potential presidential debate would be far from the first time Ventura and Trump came face to face. The night after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004, Ventura interviewed Donald Trump as part of WrestleMania XX.
h/t WrestlingNews.co