“A Fierce Declaration: Reclaiming Our Nation’s Promise My mandate in Congress was simple: safeguard our fundamental Constitutional rights and our freedoms. I immediately began work to protect the rights to reduce crime, safeguard gun ownership, protect life, ensure homeland security, and secure our freedom from burdensome taxation. The head of the FBI has firmly attested that a rogue element within the Bureau is engaged in political warfare against conservatives and Christians. I know firsthand the chilling truth of what the FBI director describes,” writes Republican former Texas Congressman Steve Stockman in a very lengthy, very self-important, very “please endorse me Orange Jesus” statement announcing his second House comeback bid.
Stockman served one term in the House from 1995 to 1997, another from 2013 to 2015, and then in federal prison from 2018 to 2020 on what would’ve been a 10 year bid for 23 counts of money laundering had convicted felon President Trump not commuted his sentence in December of that year. Why Trump did not fully pardon Stockman is unclear but the asshole was still stuck with $1,000,000 in restitution costs and supervised release conditions after being let out.