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RFK Jr reportedly eyeing Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura as running mates

Aaron Rodgers in a US flag cap and Jessie Ventura grinning in pictures side by side.
Aaron Rodgers is a proponent of psychedelics, and Jessie Ventura is a former professional wrestler. Photograph: Eric Risberg/Elizabeth Flores //AP

The New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers and the former pro wrestler and Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura are at the top of Robert F Kennedy Jr’s list of potential running mates for his independent presidential campaign, the New York Times reported.

Kennedy told the paper he was speaking to Rodgers – a fellow conspiracy theorist and anti-vaccine campaigner – “pretty continuously” and had been in touch with Ventura since being introduced by him at an event in Arizona last month.

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