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Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann

Rep · R–TN-3
5/7
📚 Summer School
📚 Summer school. Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann holds 5 of seven stars — but fails a critical Article (Free & Fair Elections). Assignment: summer school for Civics, watch every Schoolhouse Rock episode five times, and submit a one-page report — due before the end of the year. Report to summer school →

Rhetorical, not literal — an opinion on conduct measured against our civics standard. Ratings terms · Challenge this review

1Open Bookscritical
99%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
0.4% of receipts from PACs — clean under the 15% cap, and no corporate leadership PAC. (FEC 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
35%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Voted to overturn the 2020 election (Jan 6, 2021 certification objection). Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
65%★ earned
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Low-key legislator whose public tone stays largely civil; no signature record of dehumanizing opponents or contempt rhetoric.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
62%★ earned
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Focuses on appropriations and district projects; messaging is more constituent-service oriented than fear or grievance driven.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
64%★ earned
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Objected to certifying 2020 electors citing integrity concerns; broader fact-check record is thin and unremarkable.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
40%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Dependable Republican vote with no documented pattern of costly breaks from party leadership.
60
7Morality
75%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No documented corruption, criminal action, or credible personal-ethics scandal on record; default character score applied.
60

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Scores are Independent 2026’s own editorial read against the Seven Articles — ≥60% earns the star. The first two Articles are critical: fail Open Books or Free & Fair Elections and there is no seal, whatever else holds. Each Article carries its founding quote as the yardstick. On bias →

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