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A former WWE star criticized the Biden administration’s immigration policy on Monday, using a comparison to professional wrestling.
Glenn Jacobs, the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee, known as Kane in the ring, released a post about X on Monday.
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Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, known as Kane in WWE wrestling, walks to the pre-race stage before the NASCAR Cup Series Food City 500 on April 12, 2026 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“If I were a wrestling promoter and I wanted to draw the biggest crowd possible no matter the cost, even if it meant bankruptcy, I would make admission free and give everyone unlimited free pizza and beer,” Jacobs wrote.
“And that, my friends, was the immigration policy of the Biden administration.”
President Donald Trump’s stance on immigration helped him win the 2024 presidential election over Kamala Harris. In May, the Trump administration celebrated a full year of “zero releases” at the southern border.
In a news release announcing the decline in releases at the southern border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) pointed to broader law enforcement statistics that show illegal crossings and apprehensions at levels officials said have not been seen in more than three decades. CBP said Border Patrol recorded 8,943 apprehensions on the southwest border in April, 94% less than the Biden administration’s monthly average, 96% less than the December 2023 peak during Biden’s term and less than the number of apprehensions in just three days in April 2024.
Wrestler Kane stands in the ring during the WWE Smackdown event at Plaza Monumental Monterrey on October 15, 2009 in Monterrey, Mexico. (Alfredo López / Jam Media / LatinContent via Getty Images)
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The 59-year-old Republican politician became mayor of Knox County in 2018. He won a second term in 2022 and cannot run for a third term.
He has advocated for voters in his county to vote for Betsy Henderson and for Republicans when early voting begins later this month. Henderson will face Democrat Beau Hawk in the general election.
Jacobs compared Hawk to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
“Knox County has its own Mini Mamdani running to replace me as its next mayor,” he wrote in a separate post on
Kane poses in a studio photograph circa 2002. (WWE/Getty Images)
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Jacobs has supported Trump and received similar support from the White House in May.
