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Kyle Mantyla |
It seems that every week another candidate announces that they are seeking the Republican presidential nomination. With more than a dozen candidates already declared, the field got even more crowded last week when right-wing pastor and radio host E.W. Jackson announced that he too is running for president.
Jackson declared that he has decided to run for president in order to “ensure that the Christian vote is no longer overlooked by the establishment” and to “usher in a new era of principled leadership, guided by Biblical principles and a commitment to upholding the Constitution.”
It’s not clear why Jackson thinks “the establishment” is overlooking the conservative Christian vote, given that just about every Republican presidential candidate spoke at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s recent “Road to Majority” conference. It’s also not clear what niche Jackson thinks he would be filling, given that former President Donald Trump is bragging that his Supreme Court justices overturned Roe v. Wade, and that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is running to the right of Trump on the courts, LGBTQ equality, and the war on “wokeness” that has been embraced by every other Republican candidate.
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