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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJesse Ventura to 'test the waters' of Green Party presidential bid
https://www.startribune.com/jesse-ventura-to-test-the-waters-of-green-party-presidential-bid/569979892/Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura is going to "test the waters" for a Green Party presidential bid.
"IF I were going to run for president, the GREEN party would be my first choice. I've endorsed the party and I'm testing the waters," Ventura tweeted Monday morning.
Ventura said in the fall that he would consider running in 2020 and told MPR then that he wouldn't make up his mind until later, possibly in June. The Green Party is slated to select its nominee in July.
"To be clear: I haven't filed anything," Ventura wrote Monday. "I authorized a letter of interest that was sent on my behalf to the Greens and I'm testing the waters for Green Party nomination. I'm an independent. I'm not a Democrat or a Republican because I know they're not the solution."
If Ventura enters the fray, he could bring name recognition that the current Green Party front-runner lacks. Howie Hawkins is leading in the primaries for the party's nomination. Hawkins is a retired Teamster and organizer who has run for office about two dozen times. Every bid has been unsuccessful.
Today I found out I'll be furloughed at the end of the week, then I see this. I don't know how much more I can stand. At least the company is covering my health insurance & other benefits while I'm out - just in case I go off the edge.
DURHAM D
(32,611 posts)fantase56
(444 posts)Blue Owl
(50,529 posts)I'd say that's about the temperature of those waters... Like maybe in November...
Snarkoleptic
(6,002 posts)n/t
tonedevil
(3,022 posts)that Jill Stein has a serious challenger?
TwilightZone
(25,499 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Now is NOT the time to be running 3rd party to split up the non-Republican votes. Worst. Possible. Timing.
If he does this, this time, especially, I can just put him in my permanent idiot pile. That pile consists of the ones I will not vote for even in primaries because they did something so colossally stupid that I cannot forgive them.
Pambert
(25 posts)Pambert
(25 posts)That would be hilarious.
ancianita
(36,160 posts)oasis
(49,429 posts)Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)He will call off Ventura if he gets a pardon. Votes for Ventura will be some Trump supporters and a few Bernie Bros who wouldnt vote for Biden anyway.
JDC
(10,135 posts)*Typo
**iPhone predictive is awful.
Renew Deal
(81,883 posts)It's too late for him to run and I don't think he buys into all of the Green Party's BS.
Bleacher Creature
(11,258 posts)Sounds about right.