Ronda Rousey Reveals She Wants Bernie Sanders For President

Ronda Rousey, the UFC superstar, recently revealed that she’s endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders to become the next president of the United States.

Ronda Rousey Endorses Bernie Sanders

Although GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump suggested over the summer that Rousey might throw her support behind him, the athlete is actually in support of Sanders, a progressive Vermont lawmaker.

“I’m voting for Bernie Sanders, because he doesn’t take any corporate money,” Rousey told Maxim. “I don’t think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.”

While Rousey backs the Democratic Sanders, her vote won’t necessarily go to another Democrat should he lose the nomination. She’s not interested in voting for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

“If he doesn’t win against Hillary, then I’ll probably vote for a third party again,” Rousey revealed, adding of the last presidential race between President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, “To be honest, in 2012 I was against both candidates and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they’d have to take third parties seriously.”

Who did Rousey vote for in 2012? Former sitcom star Roseanne Barr, who was running for the Peace and Freedom Party and received just 67,477 votes in the general election.

“I voted for Roseanne last time,” Rousey admitted. “Mostly I went in to vote for all the state and local things. I was so unimpressed with the whole presidential campaign that I picked whatever third party I saw, and I saw Roseanne and thought, ‘That’s awesome.’ But I’m really pulling for Sanders this time. I hope it works out.”