A erstwhile WWE Champion has thrown his support down Vice President Kamala Harris arsenic nan United States Presidential Election is little than 1 week away.
Speaking connected CNN, erstwhile master wrestler Mick Foley publically endorsed Harris while besides taking a infinitesimal to bash erstwhile President Donald Trump.
Foley's determination breaks from different erstwhile master wrestling stars for illustration The Undertaker and Hulk Hogan, who some person publically endorsed nan Republican campaigner for nan office.
'The Undertaker was right, Donald Trump did make authorities fun... for astir 3 weeks successful 2016,' Foley said connected CNN's 'Laura Coates Live'.
He continued: 'But there's thing nosy astir his rhetoric, there's thing nosy astir nan measurement he demeans citizens of this country, thing nosy astir nan measurement he talks down to women - and successful my experience, existent men respect beardown women, they don't unrecorded successful fearfulness of them.'
Former WWF Champion Mick Foley has publically endorsed Kamala Harris for president
Foley besides talked astir really authorities - and his governmental views - person strained his relationships pinch different people, and really he hopes that tin change.
'I tin count connected 1 manus nan number of friends I've mislaid complete politics. Friendships are stronger, family is stronger. The things that tie america together are truthful overmuch much meaningful than nan things that disagreement us.
'I mean I person my astir celebrated lucifer pinch The Undertaker successful Pittsburgh, that's portion of nan logic why I decided to travel connected because I person a batch of history successful Pennsylvania.'
He added, 'When I spot him for nan adjacent time, we'll hug it out, we'll work together to disagree and we'll do nan champion we tin to support a 30-year relationship increasing strong.'
When asked what specifically drew him to Harris, Foley says that he's been an admirer of nan Vice President for a while.
Foley said, 'I've ever liked Kamala Harris, I spell backmost to erstwhile she was campaigning for president 5 years ago. I liked what she had to say. I conscionable judge she's a very affirmative person, a very competent person, I wanna clasp nan joyousness that she brings, nan optimism, and not nan fearfulness that's been Donald Trump's hallmark.'
He told big Laura Coates that it was difficult for him to travel onto nan show - and difficult for him to merchandise a astir five-minute agelong endorsement of Harris owed to immoderate imaginable backlash he mightiness receive.
'I don't peculiarly want group to dislike me, and I cognize that erstwhile you speak up against personification very powerful and has a very beardown and loyal following, you're going to get immoderate antagonistic blowback,' Foley admitted.
Foley said that he was 'used' to Trump increasing up connected Long Island and viewed him arsenic a con man
Foley, who wrestled nether aggregate personas, won 4 world wrestling championships
'But I besides realized that I did not want to aftermath up connected nan time aft nan predetermination and find retired that a plaything authorities had been mislaid by a mates 100 votes, and to cognize that I could person made nan difference.
'So to maine nan 2 dirtiest words successful nan English connection are "what if" and I don't want to beryllium that guy. So I said retired 4 years ago, I'm doing it now. I deliberation 1 point that astir of his followers don't understand is nan agelong history he's had of... screwing complete his workers... he's sewage a agelong history of not paying his contractors and his workers truthful I find it nan tallness of hypocrisy to opportunity you're for nan moving man erstwhile your history shows you're only for yourself.
'I don't understand nan mystery. I grew up connected Long Island, truthful I was utilized to him. My friends and I saw him arsenic kinda a harmless con man, but he's not harmless anymore - he's a very vulnerable con man. And I'm going to quote General Mark Milley erstwhile I opportunity he's nan top threat to our country.'
Foley - who wrestled nether nan alternate personas 'Cactus Jack', 'Mankind', and 'Dude Love' - is simply a four-time world champion successful wrestling.
He made his sanction during nan 'Attitude Era' of wrestling, winning 3 WWF Championships successful nan late-1990s arsenic good arsenic a TNA World Championship successful nan late-2000s.
In addition, he was an eight-time WWF Tag Team Champion - teaming up pinch different wrestling legends for illustration Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, and Kane.
Foley was inducted into nan WWE Hall of Fame successful 2013.