🚫 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
84%★ earned
“…the property of the people.” — Cicero, De Re Publica
6.0% 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
45%☆ not yet
“Treat humanity … always as an end and never as a means only.” — Kant
A 2021 Pentagon IG report found he demeaned subordinates; 2023 bodycam showed him cursing at officers at a Texas rodeo.
60
4Fear Is Not Fuel
50%☆ not yet
“…the better angels of our nature.” — Lincoln, First Inaugural
Combative, loyalty-and-grievance-driven public style with limited affirmative-agenda framing.
60
5Truth & a Kept Word
48%☆ not yet
“…living within the truth.” A representative owes “his judgment.” — Havel · Burke
Made contested, politically charged claims about President Biden's health; drew repeated fact-checker scrutiny.
60
6Against the Spirit of Party
38%☆ not yet
“The baneful effects of the spirit of party.” — Washington, Farewell Address
Consistent Trump loyalist who votes with the party; no documented pattern of costly independence.
60
7Morality
50%☆ not yet
“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Martin Luther King Jr.
A 2021 IG report sustained findings he drank on duty and misused Ambien as White House physician, prompting a rank reduction.
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 →