If a bigoted reality star can be president, “Joe Exotic” sees no reason not to toss his hat in the ring.
against both animals and people. Maldonado was convicted of unlawfully killing at least five tigers, conducting illegal wildlife sales, and hiring a hitman to kill Baskin. His rap sheet has done little to endear him with the public. Instead, the airing of Tiger King launched a renewed wave of support for increased animal rights protections and legislation.
, which prohibited the private breeding of exotic feline species and cub petting operations like the one run by Maldonado. , Maldonato wrote that he had been wrongfully imprisoned as a result of “the corruption in the Department of Justice.” “The only thing I did was put five very old, crippled tigers to sleep in the most humane way possible,” he wrote, “so it’s time to get over it.”
As a candidate, he promises that he doesn’t “give a damn what color you are, where you came from, who you sleep with, if you have done drugs in your past, or if you have made a mistake and ended up in jail or put there because someone lied about you.
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