Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins
Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins is running as a Republican candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in the November 2018 Election, Utah.
Seeming surprisingly sincere, given his eccentric campaign strategy, Brian Jenkins is campaigning on returning to the principles of Abraham Lincoln. He has studied political science, and has experience doing Abraham Lincoln impersonations for events.
In a debate between the U.S. Senate candidates, he gave an explanation for why he would refuse to fund Planned Parenthood. Expressed opposition to electronic voting due to the difficulty in verifying the procedure's integrity. During McCain's presidential election, he was a national delegate who challenged the delegation's authority to remove him from the floor, because he wanted to vote for Ron Paul rather than John McCain. He ended up voting for Mitt Romney instead, because he won the balloting in Utah, and hence, he didn't think they could throw him out if he voted for the candidate that won his state's balloting. Describes Trump's election as miraculous and evidence that heaven is watching out for America. Asserted that the Constitution would be the basis for how he decides to vote. When asked about specific national defense issues, he asserted that we need to take our military out of foreign countries and focus on our home, and that we as individuals need to wake up to the importance of the power that we have.[1][2]
External Resources
- 2018 Declaration of Candidacy
- Andrew Craft, "GOP candidates line up to take on Romney in Utah Senate race", Fox News, 24 Mar 2018
- David Wells, "‘Abe Lincoln’ files for U.S. Senate", Fox 13, 16 Mar 2018
- Nicole Nixon, "Mitt vs. Old Abe Lincoln? Assorted Cast Of Republicans Line Up To Challenge Romney", KUER, 15 Mar 2018
- Lee Davidson, "Who’s afraid of Mitt Romney? Not 18 other candidates who filed against him, including Democrat Jenny Wilson and 11 Republicans.", Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Mar 2018
- "Fundraiser today helps rescue children from modern-day slavery", KOLO, 23 Jan 2018
- ↑ Tim Jimenez for US Senate - Utah, "Senate debate", Facebook, Mar 17 (Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins is the candidate sitting sixth from the left.)
- ↑ Tim Jimenez for US Senate - Utah, "Senate debate pt2", Facebook, March 17 at 8:11pm (Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins is the candidate sitting sixth from the left.)