One of the biggest non-election items on The Blaze last week featured former Navy SEAL Chris Kyle’s story about decking another former SEAL, Jesse Ventura, in a one-punch bar fight. According to Kyle, Ventura was bashing the SEALs and the military during a funeral gathering.
The video in the story went viral and has also prompted a response from the alleged victim, Jesse Ventura. On Sunday night (and reportedly from his home in Mexico), the former Minnesota governor took to Facebook and posted his “official” response to the Kyle’s story. In short, he’s calling it false.
“The event this man spoke of never happened,” he wrote. He went on to call it a “lie:”
The full text of Ventura’s response as shown above is here:
Jesse Ventura’s official response to Mr Kyle’s accusations.
The event this man spoke of never happened. I have been to Mc P’s many times since leaving the Navy. I was never there alone. I was always accompanied by other people. If this happened 6 years ago, someone would have known of it before now. Certainly in the UDT/SEAL community it would have been known. This has to be news to all of us.
I have always opposed the war in Iraq but I have never spoken or wished any ill will towards the soldiers. My heart aches that soldiers have died or been wounded because this war should never have taken place. I am perplexed over the agenda this man has and why a fellow Navy Seal would tell a lie about an event that never happened. Clearly between this story and the previous week’s story about supposedly getting pulled over for tailgaiting in CA that was also a lie, someone is out to destroy my credibility. I find it very interesting that both these stories are being spread by Fox news and it’s affiliates. As a Navy veteran you realize you can’t believe every sea story you hear. Let me finish by stating both of the recent two national stories about me are completely untrue lies, neither event ever happened.
Sincerely,
Jesse Ventura
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Comments (343)
blockade runner
Jan. 12, 2012 at 8:23pmTo the wizard of OZ who claims Ventura was not a SEAL because he was UDT. Not all SEALs were UDT and not all UDT were SEALs, BUT Underwater Demolition Team members were SEALs powderpuff.
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:16pmJesse Ventura is a lunatic conspiracist so self-absorbed with his 15 minutes of fame that he has probably repressed the memory of being knocked the F out by a real SEAL.
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gemmeri
Jan. 10, 2012 at 8:02pmI know a man whose son is a former NAVY Seal & the son is very close-mouthed about anything that went on while he was in the military. Anyone who knows anything about Jesse Ventura knows that he is a consummate stoner, along with his other celebrity buddies. He could have been high & maybe not remember the incident… it doesn’t matter to me because I have heard the man become mouthier as he got older & he did some very questionable things when he was a governor as well. It is altogether possible the incident happened, but it doesn’t matter to me because it isn’t pertinent to anything really important here & now, is it? If Mr. Ventura has a nice place in Mexico & he is happy there, he should kick back & get a tan & get a life there & let this whole idiotic business die down. If he got punched for mouthing off, so what. If another NAVY Seal punched him for mouthing off, so what. If it all happened in a private NAVY Seal bar six years or so ago, so what!!! Ancient history, man lost my respect a long time ago when he was a governor & misused state’s resources. This other incident rates a lot lower than that in my book of accounts.
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GOD3USA
Jan. 10, 2012 at 6:13pmJesse may have brain damage from his career in the ring.
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Rhondar
Jan. 10, 2012 at 2:57pmYep Jesse runs his mouth alright….smack dab into the TRUTH
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JohnnyMidknight
Jan. 10, 2012 at 5:26pmWell, except when he claims to be a Navy SEAL, while only being a UDT and 10 years prior to the two divisions being merged… Other than that, he has been 100% truthful (Uhhmmmm Note this is in 100% sarcasm though Ventura’s claim on being a SEAL is false).
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:04pmEvery SEAL I’ve spoken with tells me the SEAL community has banished him entirely. He was never a SEAL to begin with and his claims to being a SEAL just piss them off. He’s a poser.
UDT != SEAL
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Rhondar
Jan. 10, 2012 at 2:38pmSmearing Ventura is Bill O’Reilly’s past time. Fillafel Bill hates anyone who he can’t bully. Ventura challenges him to have him back on the show but Bill is skeered! Ha ha ha….I’d love to see that wouldn’t you?
oreilly@foxnews.com IF YOU WANT TO SEE VENTURA’S ANSWER TO THIS RIDICULOUS CLAIM
Ventura being an ex seal would NEVER in a million years wish harm to another seal…how could anybody believe that ridiculous story. That little sniper looked like a punk anyway.
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:04pmIt’s “pass time”
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:07pmAnd Chris Kyle is a bad4ss. He’s a SEAL sniper and he more than earned his due by saving hundreds of American lives doing what he was trained to do. If you think less then you are what we in the armed forces call ignorant.
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:08pmWe actually call you something else, but this is a public site.
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Rhondar
Jan. 10, 2012 at 2:31pmI’ve never caught Ventura lying but the story was so flaky to begin with I felt outraged…..here is what I emailed O’Reilly….let’s see if he’s MAN ENOUGH to give equal time to Ventura:
Your interview with the deadliest sniper making mention of sucker punching Jesse Ventura and running away sickened me. Why not have Jesse Ventura on the show to tell his version of this? I’ll bet you are afraid to.
Your deadliest sniper appears to be a coward running away from a fight he started.
Try spinning that.
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JohnnyMidknight
Jan. 10, 2012 at 6:12pmEasy, Ventura is lying when he says he was a SEAL. Just Google Bill Salisbury and Ventura… Follow the rabbit hole on what a Office in Charge of SEAL Team One has to say.
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:10pm“sniping” not “snipping” where the crap did you go to school?
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tangonine
Jan. 11, 2012 at 7:12pmYou never caught Jesse Ventura lying? How about making crap up out of whole cloth? 911 conspiracy Jesse Ventura? The dude is a lunatic.
He just flails about verbally to draw attention to himself.
Didn’t he leave the country? Renounce his citizenship over a pat down? The dude is so off the reservation it’s not even funny. He sees aliens in his cheerios for crying out loud. He’s insane!
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privacyina9m80
Jan. 10, 2012 at 1:46pmI believed the SEAL, UNTIL I saw people promoting his book in the comments section of this article. This is all hype for a (likely substandard) book.
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Texasczech63
Jan. 10, 2012 at 12:56pmThis is for ” rick2314″
BUD/S class 144, SCPO qualifies me little internet tough guy. So allow me to kick your retort in the nads Schmuckatelli.
So RICK you know what you can go smoke
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3monkeysmomma
Jan. 10, 2012 at 12:15pmI believe Ventura. Kyle said he left because the cops were called.
OK, where’s the police report?
This guy got caught telling a tall tale and now he doesn’t know what to do. If he admits he’s lying, no one is going to buy his book.
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Churchill
Jan. 10, 2012 at 11:14amI can’t claim to be a huge Jesse Ventura fan, however the whole thing seemed a bit strange from the outset. Surely this would’ve been in the news as soon as it happened. Why come out with it now? Also, I have a hard time believing a SEAL would run away. Having said that, why would the government want to discredit Ventura? I haven’t heard much about him lately. Is he taking on the government re TSA or something?
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smallbutloud
Jan. 10, 2012 at 11:01amAfter 6 years….who REALLY gives a s**t?!!
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