🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Open Books & Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
20%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Primary-source Dominion texts show on-air positions contradicting his private views, alongside sustained amplification of debunked claims.
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
45%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Amplified election-fraud claims he privately called absurd, feeding denial of a certified result, though no direct incitement is documented.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
20%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Described immigration as making the country "poorer and dirtier" and repeatedly framed a demographic as a replacing threat.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
20%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
The core appeal is fear of demographic change rather than any affirmative future.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
28%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Caricature is the method; he does not represent opponents as they actually are. Privately called fraud claims "absurd" while airing the opposite, a documented gap between word and broadcast.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
20%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
The framing is built to seal the audience off from the other side entirely.
60
7Morality
45%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
His own messages privately called fraud claims “absurd” while he aired the opposite — a betrayal of his audience’s trust.
60
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