Wrestler-turned-GOP politician Glenn Jacobs could have his eyes on the Tennessee statehouse.
, in January when he called out to someone in the crowd. “Another man who’s a friend of mine,” Trump said. “I’m not going to mess around with — he’s Knox County, Tennessee.”-turned-mayor of Knox County was in the audience, smiling at the former president and the crowd. He had given a speech in support of Trump earlier. As Trump turned the audience’s attention to Jacobs, the first thing anyone — everyone — notices is that he’s gigantic.
Many of Jacobs’s constituents call him “Mayor Kane.” Could we see “Governor Kane” in the future? If so, it would also make him the second professional wrestler to become a governor after Jesse “The Body” Ventura’s Minnesota win in 1998 on the Reform Party ticket.Jacobs is large in more ways than one.
There are people who don’t even watch professional wrestling as well as those who used to watch and know Kane. I accompanied Jacobs to the Heritage Foundation in 2013 where he discussed policy at a private meeting. After it was over, one person asked for a photo with him. Jacobs obliged. Then a line instantly formed with everyone who had been in attendance and then some.
How prescient. He also condemned the stay-at-home order from Lee, the Republican governor. “I applaud the governor for following through with his convictions and fulfilling his duty to protect the people of Tennessee according to his best judgment,” Jacobs said in the spring of 2020. All are conservative Republicans, but Jacobs’s particular libertarian brand and journey may differentiate him in some voters’ eyes.
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