cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59455315
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says the people of his state should consider leaving the United States. In an interview on the SpinSisters podcast that premiered Saturday, Ventura pitched his plan by saying that it’s clear President Donald Trump doesn’t want the state.
“How about since Trump dislikes Minnesota so bad and we’re so out of control, let’s join Canada. Instead of Canada becoming the 51st state of America and lose their healthcare… I’d like to see Minnesota, all of us become Canadians,” Ventura said. Make this part of Canada, because it’s obvious Donald Trump don’t want us. It’s obviously he’s ready to fracture the whole country for his own folly."
Jesse “The body” Ventura may be my favorite Alex Jones guest (in that he actually tells Jones that a bunch of his ideas don’t work in actual governance and gave some surprisingly reasonable takes) but I’m still not sure he’s a reasonable person to quote. Also on the competition for favorite guest, Alex Jones once accidentally got a really sweet Astronaut to call in who really just wanted to talk about how awesome space and science were, and wouldn’t go down any conspiracy rabbit holes. He didn’t actually know who Jones was but wanted to spread a lovely message. Had a cut message from his daughter or granddaughter too (it was oddly unclear).