🚫 Not fit for public office. Fewer than three stars, and a critical Article fails (Free & Fair Elections). This isn’t a close call. Expect to hear from us — often.
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1Open Bookscritical
86%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
5.1% 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
48%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
Campaigns in sharp partisan terms against the 'radical left,' though his rhetoric stays largely issue-focused rather than overtly dehumanizing.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
42%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Messaging leans heavily on threat and grievance -- border 'invasion,' socialism, crime -- more than an affirmative agenda.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
45%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Holds multiple PolitiFact 'False' ratings and recasts the Columbia/HCA fraud probe as a partisan Clinton-DOJ pursuit.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
58%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Challenged McConnell for GOP leader in 2022 and pushed his own agenda over party objections -- genuine, costly independence.
60
7Morality
42%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
As Columbia/HCA CEO, the company paid a record $1.7B Medicare-fraud settlement; he invoked the Fifth 75 times in a related civil case, never personally charged.
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 →