John Washington III Asks Who Gave Government the Right to Speak for Him and His Family
John Washington III pointed to the Declaration of Independence and asked when he and his family gave their consent to be spoken for, arguing that legal authority must not be confused with unlimited control.
John Washington III is asking who gave government the right to speak for him and his family without his consent. The 2028 presidential candidate pointed to the Declaration of Independence, which says governments get their just powers from the consent of the governed, and asked when that consent was given.
"So when did I give my consent? When did my family give theirs?" John Washington III wrote. "Who gave a small group of people the authority to speak for every American?" He argued that if a group makes rules for themselves, that agreement speaks for that group, not for everyone else, and that being born under a government does not mean a person personally agreed to every decision it makes.
"Government must not confuse legal authority with unlimited control," John Washington III wrote. He said his children and he have constitutional rights, and that anyone who claims to speak for him should show where he agreed, show how they are representing his family, and answer to the people whose lives their decisions affect. "That's the ground I'm standing on," he wrote.
