Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is getting in the National Media dialogue about the campaign. We get in on a lot of local media when we show up but in terms of the network news, the big newspapers, the cable news, weve been blanked out. And so thats a big frustrati
Hington journal continues. Host back with Howie Hawkins the green Party President ial candidate and hell tell us how his campaign is going and what the green party offers for his candidacy for president. Howie, good morning. Guest good morning. Host we havent seen each other on this show since july. So tell us what has happened with your campaign from july until now and how your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate angela walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and i
Since july. Tell us, what has happened with your campaign from july until now . Your campaign is going. Guest well, the first thing weve focused on, july is when we got the national nomination, me and my running mate Angela Walker, then it was a mad scramble to get on ballot lines. We started with the green party having the 21 state battle lines and left 30 more petitions to do and we were appealing the state governments for relief during the covid pandemic because it was against Public Health guidelines to be out there physically asking for petitions and when we did we looked like hazmat workers with gloves and visors and masks and disinfectant. It was a mad scramble to get on the ballot and in the end we got on 30 ballots representing 73 of the voters, 381 electoral votes, you need 270 to win. And then you count the writein states were on and were 96 of the voters and 514 potential electorate votes out of a possible 538. That was july and august. Even more difficult barrier is gettin
Has been accused of Domestic Abuse by his exgirlfriend. He walked in and said i need you to take the trash out. I was on my stomach. I looked at him and shook my head. He looked at me and said [bleep] did you hear me . And then he said get the [bleep] out of my house and he tried to drag me off the bed. Jesse to be fair the congressman denies the accusation. Cnn barely covered the story at all. Robe the news about rob porter, the news media went wild dedicating 1 hour 40 minutes to the allegations compared to 4 minutes 21 seconds. Ellison has been seen hanging around lewis farakan. He defended a cop killer and he doesnt believe in borders. This is the deputy chair of the dnc. It would be nice if the media held him accountable to the same level they do republicans. Five people were found in a nex in a new mexico compound abusing children. The body of one toddler, the son of the ringleader was found dead. They were arrested and arraigned in court. But despite this. Judge sara baccus gran
Has been accused of Domestic Abuse by his exgirlfriend. He walked in and said i need you to take the trash out. I was on my stomach. I looked at him and shook my head. He looked at me and said [bleep] did you hear me . And then he said get the [bleep] out of my house and he tried to drag me off the bed. Jesse to be fair the congressman denies the accusation. Cnn barely covered the story at all. Robe the news about rob porter, the news media went wild dedicating 1 hour 40 minutes to the allegations compared to 4 minutes 21 seconds. Ellison has been seen hanging around lewis farakan. He defended a cop killer and he doesnt believe in borders. This is the deputy chair of the dnc. It would be nice if the media held him accountable to the same level they do republicans. Five people were found in a nex in a new mexico compound abusing children. The body of one toddler, the son of the ringleader was found dead. They were arrested and arraigned in court. But despite this. Judge sara baccus gran