WWE legend Hulk Hogan says Trump’s assassination attempt forced him to speak out: ‘This has to stop’

Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan was a prominent figure at the Republican National Convention (RNC) over the summer as he voiced his support for the former president. donald trump in his bid for re-election against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea, appeared in an interview Wednesday on the “PBD Podcast” and said he decided to go public with his support for Trump after the Republican presidential candidate was nearly killed at a rally in Pennsylvania in July.

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Hulk Hogan opens his shirt while speaking on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

Hogan said he remembered his feelings when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 and recounted the assassination attempt on Trump. Hit home for him..

“When they tried to kill Trump, someone I knew personally, it affected me the worst,” he said. “I sat on the couch and said, ‘That’s it, this has to stop.’ I don’t want to divide my audience as a businessman, but I don’t care now. This is much bigger than business. It’s a spiritual revolution now. .

“This guy is trying to help people. He wants to help millions of people. He wants to help America. Have God in our country, in our homes, in our schools, and I said, ‘I can’t stand it.'” ‘”

It was at that moment, he said, that he wanted to do more, and it was what prompted him to speak at the RNC.

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Former President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event at Trump National Doral Golf Club in Miami on Tuesday, July 9, 2024. (Eva Marie Uzcátegui/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“I remember the reason I did it was because there’s no place in this world for things like this. I was acting like a man,” Hogan said. “I was at home thinking, ‘Well, if China invades or if this happens, they’ll come to my door and I’ll have guns…’ I was talking like a man, but I wasn’t. I didn’t sit still. I stood up like I should have. fact. That Republican convention was the first time I really stood up and was a man. Not only did I talk like one, but I actually felt so strongly about it, that’s why I did it.

“And then they tried to shoot him again a couple of weeks later. This has to stop. There’s no place for something like that in our society. It was the reason I did it and I didn’t care what people thought at the time. I just I knew it was wrong and it’s about what’s right and what’s wrong and I can tell the difference. I know it has a lot to do with common sense and that’s wrong.”

Hogan added that he was “praying” that the United States would get back “on the right track.”

Hulk Hogan waves an American flag as he takes the stage on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

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“Where we can all be safe and live a good financial life, where we don’t have to humble ourselves and choose between medication or not eating in order to feed our children. It shouldn’t be like that,” he said.

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