Joe Exotic, A.K.A The ‘Tiger King,’ Announces 2024 Presidential Bid
March 15, 2023 3:59PM CDT

FILE – In this March 18, 2014 file photo, voters cast their ballots in the Illinois primary in Hinsdale, Ill. Illinois voters head to the polls next week to cast critical primary ballots for offices from U.S. president to county recorder. Ahead of the contests, a government watchdog group teamed up with a Chicago information technology company to examine voter records and Census data over four elections, an analysis they say hasn’t been as easily accessible to the public before now. Officials with Illinois Campaign for Political Reform hope it willl contribute to more voter participation. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)
- The “Tiger King”‘ Joe Exotic whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage is throwing his hat in the ring for president.
- Joe is currently serving a 21-year federal sentence after being convicted on multiple charges, but that isn’t going to stop him from running for the nation’s top office.
- In a new campaign website launched he said, “Thank you for your interest in my Campaign. Yes, I know I am in Federal Prison and you might think this is a joke but it’s not. It is my Constitutional right to do this even from here.”
- He continued saying, “So put aside that I am gay, that I am in prison for now, that I used drugs in the past, that I had more then one boyfriend at once and that Carole hates my guts. This all has not a thing to do with me being able to be your voice.”
- Would you vote for Joe Exotic? What celebrity would you vote for if they ran for President?