Mark Cuban, the outspoken billionaire and minority owner of the Dallas Mavericks, stirred speculation once again about his political ambitions during a recent appearance on ‘The Steam Room’ podcast. Known for his critiques of President-elect Donald Trump, Cuban floated the idea of running for president with NBA legend Charles Barkley as his running mate.
“You’ve accomplished pretty much everything you want to accomplish. Have you, I know you’ve kind of pitter pattered around it. You ever seriously considered running for office?” Barkley asked Cuban.
“I did a little bit, four years ago in 2020, and I even talked to a pollster,” Cuban said. “Then I talked to my family; we took a family vote, and they said, ‘Hell no. We don’t want to go through that.’ My kids are like, ‘We don’t want to. No, we just don’t want to deal with it.’ And it’s even—it’s gotten meaner, you know. It’s not gotten easier; it’s gotten meaner. And, you know, just the hate on social media—and if your kids live on social media, why would I put them through that?”
“Would your feeling on a run for office change if it were, say, a ticket of you and the Chuckster?” Johnson asked.
“We’d win,” Barkley said. […]
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