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Wrestler turned Minnesota governor tears into ‘draft dodging coward’ Trump over ICE shooting
AL.com ^ | January 09, 2026 | Howard Koplowitz

Posted on 01/09/2026 1:25:30 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege

Furious over the killing of a U.S. citizen at the hands of an ICE agent in Minneapolis, former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura slammed President Donald Trump as a “draft-dodging coward” who has “destroyed the Constitution.”

Ventura, an independent, former wrestler and Vietnam veteran, was at his high school alma mater Thursday to show support for it after ICE descended on the school the same day Renee Nicole Good was killed by an ICE agent.

“He’s the draft dodging coward, who when it was his time to serve his country, he did what all rich white boys did. I wasn’t a rich white boy. I grew up in south Minneapolis. Most of me and all my friends are Vietnam veterans.” …

“You wanna know something? I’ll give you a quote: We’re a third-world country now. You wanna know why? I’m an expert, I’ve been to them. I’ve spent 17 months in southeast Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf, right?” Ventura said.

“You know how I know we’re a third-world country? Because in third world countries they have the military doing their police work in the cities.

“That’s what’s happening here. And people better wake up to it. You wanna read something? Then read your history of Germany and start comparing the tactics of what happened in 1930s Germany to what’s happening here. Read history. You learn from history.”

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1 posted on 01/09/2026 1:25:30 PM PST by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Is didn’t know this roided up hippie was still around.


2 posted on 01/09/2026 1:28:37 PM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Which doesn’t have a [expletive expletive] thing to do with whether an ICE agent had to defend his own life.

There are two countries. Let’s just send the leftists to Ontario and Columbia, and the rest of us can go back to living like Americans again.


3 posted on 01/09/2026 1:28:41 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Because in third world countries they have the military doing their police work in the cities.

The military is doing the work the police, the mayor, and the governor WILL NOT DO, dumbass.

ICE is enforcing the law on the books, dumbass.

Did I mention you are a dumbass?

4 posted on 01/09/2026 1:29:10 PM PST by Lizavetta
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Jessie Ventura could have help fix MN.
Instead he did the same talk-talk-talk and did nothing.
Notice this corruption has been going on since 2010 and he still did nothing.


5 posted on 01/09/2026 1:29:38 PM PST by Zathras
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Who lifted the rock he’s been burrowing under?
Haven’t seen him, haven’t missed seeing him.


6 posted on 01/09/2026 1:31:48 PM PST by lee martell
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Minnesota is one big clown show


7 posted on 01/09/2026 1:32:03 PM PST by delchiante
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Jesse Ventura can answer for how few illegal alien invaders he got removed from Minnesota when he was governor.


8 posted on 01/09/2026 1:32:46 PM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

When it comes to opinions on President Trump, the vast majority of our military disagrees with the lowlife Jesse Ventura.

The real question is, how much has Ventura received and from whom?


9 posted on 01/09/2026 1:33:49 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ventura has been hit on the head too many times.


10 posted on 01/09/2026 1:34:51 PM PST by DFG
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Who?


11 posted on 01/09/2026 1:34:57 PM PST by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US;-))
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Ventura is in the right state. He is a loon.


12 posted on 01/09/2026 1:35:18 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Zathras
Jessie "One too many pile drivers" Ventura, the wrestler with a cauliflower brain.

13 posted on 01/09/2026 1:35:30 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

He did have one moment of lucidity when he said fat people just need to push back from the table.


14 posted on 01/09/2026 1:35:49 PM PST by anton
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To: Hyman Roth

“I didn’t know this roided up hippie was still around.”

Object lesson: roids & headers into the wrestling mat are a bad combination, mmm’kay.


15 posted on 01/09/2026 1:35:56 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

From Wikipedia:

“In October 2022, Ventura endorsed incumbent governor Tim Walz for reelection in an advertisement, praising Walz’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, protection of women’s rights, and protection of democracy.[138]”


16 posted on 01/09/2026 1:37:42 PM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: delchiante
(Minnesota is ONE BIG CLOWN SHOW 🤡🤡🤡)

Indeed it is. 🥴😲 WOW 😲🤯



17 posted on 01/09/2026 1:38:58 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Because in third world countries they have the military doing their police work in the cities


Well in this case the city police were told to stand down and not enforce local laws (not by the federal government but by the local politicians.) That makes MN worse than a 3rd world state.


18 posted on 01/09/2026 1:39:10 PM PST by tsowellfan
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

They never think they just start flapping their gums


19 posted on 01/09/2026 1:40:23 PM PST by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

I looked through the entire article. It did not say anywhere how many illegal aliens Ventura was letting stay in his house.

So now I’m being to think Ventura is a hypocrite.


20 posted on 01/09/2026 1:41:56 PM PST by Leaning Right (It's morning in America. Again.)
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