Former Governor Jesse Ventura from Minnesota (I) stated that he could defeat both President Biden and former President Trump in a theoretical contest on Thursday.
Ventura mentioned on CNN's “Erin Burnett OutFront” that if he had approval to be on the ballot in all 50 states and participate in debates, he could defeat these two main party candidates.
On her show, Burnett and Ventura were talking about Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign. Kennedy is viewed as a candidate who could affect the race between Biden and Trump, and currently has 6.9 percent support in a nationwide poll average conducted by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ. He is much less popular than both Trump and Biden, who have 42.4 and 41.6 percent support, respectively.
Ventura also disagreed with the concept of “spoilers” during his CNN appearance, stating that “third parties are not ‘spoilers.’”
Ventura expressed his view that when voting, people should choose the candidate they believe should be the president, regardless of their party. He stated, “If you vote for the person you want as president, then you've done your civic duty.”
Ventura continued to question the labeling of non-Democratic or non-Republican voters as 'spoilers'.
Kennedy was previously said to be thinking about choosing Ventura as his vice-presidential candidate, but ultimately went with lawyer Nicole Shanahan. At the event where he introduced Shanahan as his choice, Kennedy mentioned that she is the daughter of immigrants who overcame challenges to achieve the American dream at its highest level. He said at the event where he declared Shanahan as his choice that she is a daughter of immigrants “who overcame every daunting obstacle and went on to achieve the highest levels of the American dream.”
“That is why I’m so proud to introduce to you, the next vice president of the United States, my fellow lawyer, a brilliant scientist, technologist, a fierce warrior-mom, Nicole Shanahan,” Kennedy said.
