Republican Perry Johnson kicked off his long shot 2024 presidential campaign at the Conservative Political Action Conference last weekend. Here's what to know about the GOP candidate.
had 11,113 invalid signatures out of more than 21,000 filed. Craig still ran as a write-in candidate for the Republican primary and snagged 3% of the vote.
Johnson filed a lawsuit against the state to get his name back on the ballot, but he lost the suit and an appeal to a state judge. He filed his paperwork to run for president in 2024 nearly a month ago and spent six figures on a Super Bowl ad that ran in Iowa. The ad showed plus-sized versions of several Democratic congresspeople, calling them part of the "bloated" government.
The ad -- and part of Johnson's platform -- focuses on reducing federal spending by 2% each year. He recently published a book titled "Two Cents to Save America.""I am pro-life, I am pro-Second Amendment, I am pro-freedom and, let's face it, I am anti-China," Johnson said. He went on to criticize the amount of aid the U.S. is sending Ukraine in its fight against Russia, though Johnson did say in his remarks he doesn't trust Vladimir Putin.
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