Jesse 'The Body' Ventura Is Back And Taking Aim At Trump!

Speaking to reporters at his alma mater, Roosevelt High School in Minneapolis, Ventura, 74, denounced a recent ICE raid that coincided with the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good. According to Mediaite, the former governor framed the incident as proof of a broader constitutional crisis and an excuse to attack Republicans as enemies of civil liberties.

Freedom is not arresting people without warrants. We have a system here, its called a Constitution. And we have a party, the Republicans. Who dont seem to want to abide by the Constitution. January 6 is a prime example of that. And now theyre all free, and theyre in charge. You know what? Maybe its time for Jesse I only did one term Im owed a second, Ventura declared, casting himself as a potential savior from what he portrays as Republican lawlessness. His remarks came during a visit meant to highlight his opposition to ICE operations in local schools and neighborhoods.

Ventura, a Vietnam War veteran, professional wrestler, actor, and well-known conspiracy theorist, governed Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. He was elected under the Reform Party banner before shifting to the Minnesota Independence Party, positioning himself as a perpetual outsider to both major parties.

While Ventura took aim at Democrats as well, he reserved his harshest rhetoric for the GOP, labeling Republicans a domestic enemy to our Constitution. That framing reflects a familiar progressive narrative that equates conservative governance and border enforcement with authoritarianism, despite the constitutional and statutory basis for federal immigration law.

He escalated his rhetoric further by branding President Trump a draft-dodging coward, deliberately refusing to use his name. Ventura also claimed that ICE deployments to American cities prove the United States has become a third-world country under the current administration, a charge that ignores the reality that immigration enforcement is a core function of national sovereignty.

I spent 17 months in Southeast Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf, right? You know how I know were a third-world country? Because in third-world countries, they have the military doing their police work in the cities when you walk around, Ventura said, conflating ICE operations with military occupation. His comparison glosses over the distinction between civilian federal law enforcement and actual military deployment, a difference conservatives argue is crucial to maintaining order and the rule of law.

Ventura insisted Minnesota does not need federal officers operating in the state and praised Democratic Governor Tim Walz and other local officials for resisting Trumps ICE policies. That stance aligns Ventura with progressive leaders who routinely obstruct federal immigration enforcement, despite public concern over border security and criminal illegal immigration.

You mean the draft dodging coward? Ventura snapped when a reporter referenced Trump by name. I dont call him by name. Hes the draft-dodging coward who, when it was his time to serve his country, he did what all rich white boys did. I wasnt a rich white boy. I grew up in South Minneapolis. Most of me and all my friends are Vietnam veterans. We had to go. But the rich white boys never had to go. His class-based attack echoed a familiar left-wing trope, even as millions of Americans who never served still support a strong military and robust border enforcement.

Ventura closed by again hinting at a gubernatorial run, suggesting the current political climate might draw him back into the arena. Here I was leading a nice quiet life and now youve injected me back in here and probably gonna make me the governor of Minnesota again, he said, leaving open the possibility that his brand of anti-Republican populism could once more test the appetite of Minnesota voters for an independent, hard-left critic of President Trump and federal immigration law.