Most questions about my candidacy stem from personal attacks made by my opponents, detractors and, the mainstream media. Rarely am I questioned on policy, which I view as the strength of my campaign. However, I don’t view the personal aspect of candidates lives as completely irrelevant to politics. I answer some of the most controversial frequently asked questions since my campaign began in the FAQs below.
When I was 21 years old, as a newly drafted NBA rookie, I was court ordered to pay child support based on my NBA salary. After I was released from my team, 2 years later, and a successful battle on mental health policy which necessitated an individual strike, a court again ordered me pay child support based on that salary, or an NBA salary. Because I was no longer making that salary and couldn’t keep up with the support, I became delinquent and accrued major arrears. The Minnesota family court statutory law doesn’t allow for arrears to be modified by the court under any circumstances, even if evidence can show the calculation was based on inaccurate information. The mainstream media has continuously try to frame me as a deadbeat dad even though 2 of my 4 children live with me and I have paid in excess of my current child support obligation for several years in a row.
The media propaganda has deliberately not shown that I have overpaid my child support by several thousand dollars, over the last few years. This omission of detail is not at all by accident and politically motivated to paint me as a “deadbeat dad”. A characterization I reject and resent, not just of opinion, but by measurable fact. I take care of my children, this propaganda is false.
The 2022 congressional campaign was my first political campaign. I relied on the political and legal advice of professionals, who handled certain aspects of the campaign, such as the campaign accounting and treasury. FEC filings made by these professionals were incomplete. These incomplete filings were used by my political opponents and the fake news media, to create the false impression that I had personally misused campaign funds. After a thorough review of the 2022 campaign, the $157,000 the fake news media accused me of misusing was almost completely accounted for as legitimate campaign expenditures. About $13,000 was left unreconciled because of the two year gap in completing the missing information. This is the candidate’s responsibility, whether I made the purchases or not, and is still a far cry difference from the $157,000 claim made by leftist think tanks, legal groups and media outlets. One in particular (The Daily Beast) suggested that over $100,000 dollars in “mysterious wires and checks” was used personally. Reflected in our recently amended FEC reports, all of the checks and wires were accounted for with receipts and invoices, none of which were transferred to or spent by me. The mainstream media has failed to and refuses to amend their false claims.
I was never a part of the Black Lives Matter organization nor do I agree with their politics. After George Floyd died, a group of Black athletes from the Twin Cities area were disappointed with the violence and chaos breaking out in our community. In response, we decided to lead peaceful protests to help demonstrate the appropriate way to participate in our constitutionally guaranteed process of public protest. I was one of the architects and thought leaders of that organization (10K). Independent of the local Black Lives Matter organization, I led these peaceful protests, which included tens of thousands of people, that never once caused a single fire, fight, or arrest. These were the peaceful demonstrations the mainstream media didn’t show. The fake news media did however profile me as a rising young Black activist, until they realized my organization wasn’t in total alignment with the left’s political agenda. For example, I led these protests to the Minneapolis Federal Reserve to educate people about economic policy and banking. We were also what some would consider to be staunch 2nd amendment advocates, which included citizens who exercised their open carry rights. We never had marches to any police precinct. As a thought leader, I tried to impress on these the citizens in Minneapolis, to not be distracted by policing. The issues facing America today are much larger and the same for our community.
This lie that I’m a BLM protestor or rioter stems from ignorance and fear used by the media to sow division and discord. The goal is to tarnish my America First, Conservative, Populist brand and image. Also it serves as propaganda, intended to convince MAGA or Republican citizens to reject Black candidates. I encourage all conservatives to understand everyone who wore a BLM t-shirt isn’t necessarily involved with their organization. Furthermore, I reject BLM’s policies and ideas. The LGBTQ agenda for example, has been at the heart of BLM activism since the organization started. This has been hidden from many Black Americans who end up rejecting it once it becomes clear to them. In addition, there is a friction currently building between Black people in America who feel policing could benefit from improvements, like anything else and the individuals or organizations using that as a springboard for the LGBTQ political agenda. This friction is now reflected in the rising support for Donald J. Trump among Black voters, and in particular, Black men. Black male voters who now poll for him in at over 50% for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. In order to win, we must work to demystify the Republican Party, Conservatism and MAGA to citizens who also believe in freedom, self-governance and God. This is work I began after George Floyd died and have continued. This has been a calling card of my mentor Steve Bannon and will continue to be a strategy that bears genuine fruit.
On a number of occasions now, the mainstream media, and even certain political organizations have accused me of being Antisemitic. I reject this accusation and further, I resent it. Born and raised Christian, any inference that I hold some inherent hostility towards Jews is absurd. In fact, it is my Christian heritage that gives me confidence to speak on a culture and history of fellow brothers and sisters. As Christ said, first for the Jew, and then for the Gentile. I am, however, willing to and have continued to, talk about the prominence and danger of identity politics, to our country and to the entire world, but also to the identity groups it claims to be helping. As a Black man I understand this well, that the Black identity and Jewish identity are used in a very similar fashion. I graduated from Hopkins High School, which is one of the most Jewish communities in the state of Minnesota. I have participated in numerous orthodox Jewish rituals. My best friend and cohost at Free People Radio, Professor Penn, is a Ukrainian Jew who comes from orthodox Jewish roots. None of that is pertinent other than to say that people like he and I are allowed to have our own ideas about our cultural identity and history. We share those ideas, often expressed in the form of podcast. In that arena, we have come to recognize that both of our identities have been used to justify bigger government at the national and international level. The Black identity is often used to expand the federal government of the United States under the threat of racism, the Jewish identity used to expand global government under the threat of fascism. Both are equally problematic and offensive. Everyone who believes in having a country or border is not a threat to Blacks and Jews. It is that exact mentality and worldview which now enhances the dangers faced by both Blacks and Jews. For Blacks, our communities are riddled with all sorts of societal decay, that is often overlooked because of the accepted mainstream racial narrative on race (an oversized federal government will protect us from racism). Ironically, it is the same expanded government, justified by the Black identity, that is the cause of decline in our Black communities, i.e. the Department of Education. Similarly, the threats that Israel and Jews face is a result of foreign policy that somehow claims to be aimed at protecting Israel, yet for globalist purposes, money and other resources are provided to many of Israel’s enemies. For example, sadly we have made no attempt to curtail our trade with China. Knowing the money we spend there will surely end up in the hands of an Iranian regime that is hostile to both Israel and the Jewish people.
As an America 1st candidate, it is my position that NO COUNTRY will get our aid without conditions. The prerequisite condition I would implement in our relationship with Israel is to stop giving their enemies our money. Being on every side of a war makes it difficult to determine your friends from foes, especially for citizens who can only be told what is going on, from a world away (here at home). If Middle Eastern country wants to scram “Death to America’, they have that right! And we have the right to view them as an enemy and fight them anyway we see fit. We will stand with Israel, but we cannot fund both sides of that war, or any war for that matter.
I am not Trump endorsed but would love to be and will support his bid regardless in 2024. I am endorsed by 2 candidates that are endorsed by Trump, Kari Lake and Matt Gaetz. We look forward to being a tip of the spear for the MAGA movement and will obviously accept Trump’s endorsement with open arms when that time comes.
I wrote these answers myself to add clarity to several outstanding questions and attempts by the media to stifle this America 1st movement and its candidates. There is no team of PR people or communications experts to look over and curate what I say… This is something I pride myself on in my public speaking and writing and will be a hallmark of my time in office. Although I hesitate to even acknowledge some of these absurd allegations and misleading stories, I do understand we are living in an information war. As an elected official, I must be a vessel that communicates the truth. I hope this helps and feel free to reach out to the campaign for even more information or further clarification on these issues.
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