John Washington III Says the People Come First and Politicians Work for the People, Not the Other Way Around
John Washington III, a 2028 presidential candidate, said politicians who now ask the public to fight for them were absent when the public needed them, and that he is fighting for the people rather than for political careers.
John Washington III is arguing that elected officials who ask the American people to stand up for them have the relationship backwards. In the statement at the center of the coverage, John Washington III said that for years politicians have passed laws that take more money from the public's pockets and strip away their rights, and he asked where those politicians were when the people needed them.
John Washington III said voters elect officials to fight for them, not to become part of the system hurting them. Every election, he said, politicians ask for votes, money and loyalty, then turn their backs on the people once they win, leaving the public with little to show for it.
John Washington III said he is done fighting to save political careers while everyday Americans struggle to protect their rights and freedoms, and that politicians' political battles are not the people's responsibility. He presented his own position in direct terms: he is fighting for the people, not for politicians who forgot who they work for, and he closed with the line that frames the statement - the people come first.
