Jesse Ventura called the president. donald trump “A coward who is draft-dodging,” he said, hinting at the possibility of running for governor of Minnesota again amid a surge in support. Immigration raid in Minneapolis.
Mr. Ventura served as governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003, but decided not to run for re-election. He is a Vietnam veteran and former Navy SEAL. Outside of his public activities, some may know him from his wrestling career as Jesse “The Body” Ventura in WWE.
Mr. Ventura had some choice words for Mr. Trump, who was medically exempted from the Vietnam War draft, on Thursday during a visit to his alma mater, Roosevelt High School. After being diagnosed with bone spurs.
“He was a draft-dodging coward who did what every rich white boy would do when it came time to serve his country. I wasn’t a rich white boy…we had to go…Is he going to teach me what courage is?” Ventura told local media. fox 9.
President Trump’s Department of Homeland Security targeted at Minneapolis This is the largest immigration enforcement operation ever carried out.
On Wednesday, Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old American national, shot dead by ICE agents In Minneapolis, where the Trump administration took office, Frame shooting as an act of self-defense. The same day, federal agents were reportedly filmed spraying a crowd at Roosevelt High School with a chemical irritant.
The Department of Homeland Security told FOX 9 that Border Patrol agents were “actively attempting to intercept” a U.S. national who drove into a school zone, the agency said, and was pursuing them. According to DHS, a crowd formed at the school after someone claiming to be a teacher assaulted staff members as they removed people from their cars.
“Despite repeated warnings to cease, the crowd continued to engage in hostility and violence. Officers conducted targeted crowd control to protect the safety of law enforcement and the public. No tear gas was used,” authorities said.
Ventura visited the high school on Thursday to show support.
“As a graduate of Roosevelt High School and a former governor of Minnesota, I’m so proud of Roosevelt High School and how they stood up for what America should be and for standing up for freedom. And freedom doesn’t mean arresting people without a warrant,” Ventura told FOX 9. “We have a system here called the Constitution, and it seems like our party, the Republican Party, doesn’t want to abide by it.”
Ventura has since hinted that he might run for governor again. The next gubernatorial election will be held in November, with Governor Tim Walz announcing: he will not seek reelection.
“You know what? Maybe Jesse’s time has come. I only did one semester. I have a second semester obligation,” Ventura said.
Mr. Ventura won the gubernatorial election in 1998 from the centrist Reform Party. The former governor supported Walz’s 2022 reelection bid but was critical of both Republicans and Democrats.
“Any time a life is needlessly lost, it’s a tragedy, and what happened yesterday was not inevitable,” Ventura said of Good’s shooting.