🚫 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.
Editorial opinion — our judgment against the Seven Articles, not a legal disqualification or an allegation of any crime. Ratings terms · Challenge this review
1Open Bookscritical
40%☆ not yet
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
Own campaign is 10.2% PAC, but Runs Lee PAC, a leadership PAC accepting PAC money (OpenSecrets). Running a corporate-funded leadership PAC fails Open Books. (FEC/OpenSecrets 2026)
60
2Free & Fair Electionscritical
32%☆ not yet
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
Dec 2020 texts to Meadows promoted appointing alternate Trump elector slates (CNN/Deseret); he later abandoned it and voted to certify. Fails Free & Fair Elections.
60
3The Dignity of the Opponent
30%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Posted mocking messages after the 2025 Hortman assassination ('Marxists,' 'Nightmare on Waltz Street'); condemned across parties, later deleted.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
42%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Provocative 'shitposting' style trading heavily on grievance and mockery rather than affirmative messaging.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
45%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
CNN fact-check found his own 2020 texts contradicted his 2022 debate claims minimizing his role in overturn efforts.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
55%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Genuine maverick on spending, war powers and surveillance, casting lone dissents, but fiercely partisan otherwise.
60
7Morality
70%★ earned
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
No financial corruption on record; documented misleading statements about his 2020 election conduct weigh modestly.
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 →