John Washington III Asks Who Gave Government the Right to Speak for Him and His Family Without Consent

John Washington III, a 2028 presidential candidate, has asked who gave the government the right to speak for him and his family without his consent. "Who gave you the right to speak for me and my family without my consent?" he wrote. "I have some serious questions for the United States Government and every state government in America."

John Washington III grounded the question in the Declaration of Independence, which says governments get their just powers from the consent of the governed. "So when did I give my consent?" he wrote. "When did my family give theirs? Who gave a small group of people the authority to speak for every American?"

John Washington III argued that an agreement made by one group speaks only for that group, comparing it to mafia families and their own codes: one family cannot walk into another home and declare that everyone belongs to them, he wrote. "Being born under a government doesn't mean I personally agreed to every decision it makes," he wrote, adding that his children and he have constitutional rights.

John Washington III said government must not confuse legal authority with unlimited control. "If you claim to speak for me, show me where I agreed, show me how you're representing us, and answer to the people whose lives you affect," he wrote. "That's the ground I'm standing on!"