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Wrestling legend Hulk Hogan has joked about body slamming Vice-President Kamala Harris in front of a fired up crowd, and questioned her racial identity.

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"Do you want me to drop the leg on Kamala?!" he shouts, referring to one of his iconic wrestling moves.

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Hogan continued to make more comments about Ms Harris including one about her Indian heritage.

Kamala Harris is bi-racial - her mother was from India and her father is Jamaican.

"Is Kamala a chameleon? Is she Indian?" Hogan asked the crowd, before using an outdated and stereotypical greeting associated with Native American Indians.

The video stops after he could be heard saying he "was going to get heat for that one".

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[–] [email protected] 323 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] Ghostalmedia 85 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Andre the Giant has a posse.

[–] Dadifer 58 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] aviationeast 41 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 weeks ago

Anybody want a peanut?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago
[–] dogsnest 31 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Marjorie Traitor Greed approves this message.

[–] Wogi 27 points 4 weeks ago

Hulk Hogan has a softball sized lump of scar tissue in his ass from constant steroid injections.

I learned that, how you have to too

[–] Wogi 23 points 4 weeks ago

Hulk Hogan was the one who ratted out Jesse Ventura when the Jesse brought up the idea of unionizing to the wrestlers.

[–] [email protected] 144 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Never meet your heroes - former hulkamaniac

[–] Hobbes_Dent 78 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Same here. I should have paid more attention to Andre.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

I never watched wrestling, but Andre seemed like a nice guy when I heard about him on the vince mcmahon behind the bastards. Hulk sounded like he sucked.

[–] MeekerThanBeaker 39 points 4 weeks ago

Andre the Giant was great in The Princess Bride.

Hulk Hogan sucked in Gremlins 2: The New Batch.

[–] kmartburrito 24 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My dad used to run into him regularly when he worked as airport security in the 70s. He was a fantastic kind man with an incredible sense of humor. My dad had lots of good stories about him that he used to tell me about. So, another data point to back up your thinking.

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[–] Boddhisatva 10 points 4 weeks ago

I've never been a fan of wrestling but I loved Andre. From everything I've seen and heard, he was the nicest guy you could hope to meet. There are some great stories about him out there too. There's video of Arnold Schwarzenegger talking about a time when he and Andre were arguing over who would pay the check at a restaurant and Andre literally picked Arnold up and put him on a piece of furniture. And another similar occasion with Andre and Wilt Chamberlain. The Cary Elwes book, As You Wish, about the making of The Princess Bride has a lot of stories about Andre from the cast too. It's well worth the read if you're a fan of the movie.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 4 weeks ago (6 children)

Never meet your heroes - former hulkamaniac

I was never much of a Hulkamanic, but I was a huge fan of the Ultimate Warrior who turned out to be a huge decroded piece of crap too. My all time favorite though was always Rowdy Roddy, and my second favorite was Da Maniac, but the one time I met him he kept calling me the N-word and gave me a bucket of acorns.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

"Aw, you got kids, Maniac?"

"Nah...not anymore..."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

Uhh... what?

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 106 points 4 weeks ago

For anyone who isn't a wrestling fan, Hogan is universally hated by most fans and people in the business these days. He's a racist, a backstabber, union buster, sexual deviant, and a pathological liar. He will lie about the most easily disproved bullshit. He's a perfect example of Trump's fanbase.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 weeks ago

How very disgusting, this Mr. Hogan!

[–] [email protected] 35 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Notorious racist and wife beater Hulk Hogan, threatens to physically assault a black woman. Nope not surprised at all..

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)
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[–] ATDA 29 points 4 weeks ago

He was like my AllMight as a kid.

Fucking sad. I hate all that time wasted even as a hobby. Piece of crap.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 weeks ago

Mr Hogan, is a racist, union busting piece of shit.

[–] someguy3 23 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

God another one that can't tell Indian from Native?

[–] Lost_My_Mind 23 points 4 weeks ago

Just a reminder, that while under oath in court, Hogan said this:

Hulk Hogan has a 10 inch penis. Terry Bollea does not…no I do not have a 10 inch penis”

Which is a really weird thing to have to clarify one of your lies in court. Essentially he's saying his fictional character, whose penis you never need to think about, ever, is 10 inches. However he himself the real individual does not. And he was asked to clairify this because video surfaced of his best friend filming him having sex with his best friends wife. And his penis clearly wasn't 10 inches.

[–] ccunning 20 points 4 weeks ago

Totally normal and not weird 🤡

[–] paf0 20 points 4 weeks ago

Not a surprising move from Peter Thiel's best friend. Pretty much in line with what his puppet Vance said.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 weeks ago

Trash. Ignorant trash.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 weeks ago

Hulky. Buddy. Just go wrank off to some AI pics of her like all the others like you are doing

[–] LEDZeppelin 16 points 4 weeks ago

Secret service, are you listening?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 weeks ago

I'm always quite surprised the Hulk Hogan is still alive. He and most of the other 80s/90s wrestlers ploughed through cocaine like Scarface, and I expected his heart to have exploded long ago.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 weeks ago

ric flair thanking his lucky stars that he's no longer the most embarrassing 80s wrestler anymore

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 weeks ago

We all know how big of a racist prick he his, so yeah, no surprise. This clown needs to go away. He was a hero and now he's just pathetic.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago

He tried for Kamela Chameleon and instead discovered the Karma chameleon: Hulk’s has definitely come and gone.

[–] AncientFutureNow 12 points 4 weeks ago

I tried to post that Andre the Giant newspaper clipping on Facebook and they told me it goes against community standards and if I continued to post it I would be reprimanded.

[–] FuglyDuck 12 points 4 weeks ago

you know... I bet Kamala could actually take him in a fight. just saying.

what a despicable piece of trash, though. I feel like these comments are worth a visit from the Secret Service or FBI or whoever handles threats to VP's/Pres Candidates.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The more I think about it, the weirder Hulk Hogan becomes.

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[–] Ghostalmedia 11 points 4 weeks ago

Remember when Hulk used to rip his shirt off, and he didn’t have to cover his gross old body with another shirt?

[–] MehBlah 11 points 4 weeks ago

Another washed up nobody.

[–] Stern 11 points 4 weeks ago

Maybe Hulkster shouldn't be mentioning race considering racial stuff pretty much made him persona non grata in pro wrestling for years.

[–] exanime 11 points 4 weeks ago

The fact that grown adults find this performance at a political rally appealing is proof enough there isn't enough in that room to add up to 70 IQ

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Mr Hogan has hit his head one time too many. Go take a nap grandpa!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Just to make things clear:

hogan did not have a high flying style where he was constantly being spiked on his head. Even his famously "amazing" wrestling in Japan was basically just a bit of grappling and submission work.

This is not something like benoit where an infamously violent and impulsive bully suffered enough concussions (and steroid abuse) that he snapped and murdered his family.

No. hogan's debilitating injuries and constant pain is because he kept jumping up and landing on his tailbone. His stupidity?

He is just really fucking stupid and always has been.

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[–] blazeknave 10 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

This motherfucker is not a real American.

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