John Washington III Says the Corrupt Political System Needs to Be Exposed and Its Gatekeeping Must End

John Washington III, a 2028 presidential candidate, says the political system needs to be exposed. "This corrupt political system needs to be exposed," he wrote. "Who decides who gets put in front of the cameras? Who gets the money, the endorsements, the publicity?"

John Washington III argued that independent voices are pushed out of that process while their ideas are taken from them. "Why do independent voices get pushed out while their ideas get stolen?" he wrote. "They won't stand behind us, but they'll hand our ideas to their chosen puppets on a string. That's not democracy, that's gatekeeping."

John Washington III called for change that he specified must be peaceful and constitutional. "I'm calling for change, for peaceful, constitutional change, to build a new government that actually works for the people," he wrote.

John Washington III grounded that call in the Declaration of Independence, writing that when a government becomes destructive of the people's rights, the people can alter or abolish it. He closed by urging Americans to come together. "Let's come together and build something that serves the people, not the powerful," he wrote.