Source: Prison PlanetPaul Joseph Watson
Former Governor chastises establishment press over indictment of his patriotism.
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura today slammed the media for
lying in their suggestion that his effort to seek Mexican citizenship
meant he was giving up his U.S. citizenship, calling the smear an
attempt to portray him as unpatriotic.
Ventura set the record straight during an appearance on
the Alex Jones Show, saying he had been misquoted on “wanting to give up
my U.S. citizenship, I never once stated that,” adding that he was
merely seeking dual citizenship because he and his wife lived half the
year in Mexico anyway.
In the aftermath of his press conference on Friday, some reports announced
that Ventura was “abandoning his citizenship” and running away to
Mexico in response to a judge tossing out his case against TSA groping
in airports.
“I love my country, not my government,” Ventura remarked in response to reports that had characterized him as unpatriotic.
“I never said that I’m giving up my U.S. citizenship,
that’s a lie….they don’t even focus on what the case is about,” said
Ventura, criticizing the media for focusing on provocative statements
rather than why Ventura was denied a trial.
However, Ventura did repeat his vow to recognize the
national anthem differently, saying he would bow his head in shame
because he now lived in a country which didn’t allow him his
constitutional rights.
Ventura said he had “run into a brick wall” with the
mainstream media in their failure to adequately report his case against
the TSA, revealing that an interview scheduled yesterday with CNN was
cancelled. In a separate local radio interview, the host accused Ventura
of acting like Kim Kardashian, claiming he was pursuing a vendetta
against the TSA merely to generate publicity for his TV show.
Ventura explained how the judge in the TSA case sat on
the ruling for 10 months, a delay that prevented Ventura from taking the
case to the U.S. Court of Appeals and exercising his right to a jury
trial.
“They will not let any constitutional decision go to a
jury, I cannot have a jury trial, they’re not allowing me….they threw me
out of court, they waited 10 months so that my 60 days after filing to
go to the Court of Appeals would expire while I waited for her to make
the decision,” said Ventura.
“I can’t go in front of a jury of my peers and have them
decide whether my constitution, bill of rights, 4th amendment is being
violated because the government won’t let me – now that’s oppression,
that is not freedom,” added the former Governor.
Ventura warned Americans not to sit back and pretend
that TSA abuse was only occurring at airports, pointing out that TSA
VIPR teams are also now being deployed on regular highways.
“Don’t you realize that in a matter of years you’re
going to have to show an ID to go to Iowa if you live in Minnesota,”
said Ventura, pointing out that Border Patrol agents were also now being
stationed hundreds of miles inland.
During the interview, Ventura also re-iterated his ‘come
and get me’ plea to the Libertarian Party, indicating he would run for
President as a third party candidate in an effort to bring further
attention to America’s decline into a police state.
