Jesse Ventura was blacklisted by the WWE for attempting to unionize his pro wrestling colleagues. As Governor of Minnesota, he defied the U.S. embargo on Cuba in 2002 for a visit to Havana’s Food an Agribusiness Exhibition. As a third-party candidate, he beat the Democratic and Republican nominees to become the Governor of Minnesota in 1998. We’re lucky enough to have him on KK&F for Episode 85 for a riveting conversation about his years of political struggle, the cause of building a third party, and how Trump morphed into a WWE villain. Watch below:
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