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Prior to the group’s creation in September, Nathan had been very vocal about his support of Trump since his first run for office in 2015/2016.
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Democratic erosion accelerates when citizens and elites withdraw from contestation—when, out of fear, exhaustion, or sheer resignation, promising candidates decline to run for office, donors pull back, lawyers stop filing lawsuits, and citizens tune out.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
Allam, who ran for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District in 2022 and lost to Foushee in the primary, has said she was inspired to run for office after three friends of hers, all Muslim, were murdered during the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2025
Anyone is free to run for office, the issues will be debated, and ultimately the voters will decide the outcome.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
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Rebecca Schneid, Time, 18 Dec. 2025
Democratic erosion accelerates when citizens and elites withdraw from contestation—when, out of fear, exhaustion, or sheer resignation, promising candidates decline to run for office, donors pull back, lawyers stop filing lawsuits, and citizens tune out.
—Steven Levitsky, Foreign Affairs, 11 Dec. 2025
Allam, who ran for North Carolina’s 4th Congressional District in 2022 and lost to Foushee in the primary, has said she was inspired to run for office after three friends of hers, all Muslim, were murdered during the 2015 Chapel Hill shooting.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2025
Anyone is free to run for office, the issues will be debated, and ultimately the voters will decide the outcome.
—J.d. Miles, CBS News, 4 Dec. 2025
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“Run for office.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/run%20for%20office. Accessed 25 Dec. 2025.
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