There may not be many celebrity Republicans, but those who have existed have had good luck in electoral politics. Sonny Bono, Ronald Reagan, and Arnold Schwarzenegger all ran and won as Republicans. Now, one more celeb is looking to join that list.
American musician and conservative activist Theodore Anthony “Ted” Nugent would not ruled out a potential 2018 Senate bid in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation (TheDCNF).
“I’m always very interested in making my country and the great state of Michigan great again and there is nothing I wouldn’t do to help in any way I possibly can,” Nugent told TheDCNF in an interview Wednesday.
Nugent shared a story from West Michigan Politics, a local Michigan political blog, which entertained the idea of a Ted Nugent 2018 Senate run Tuesday.
Michigan’s 2018 U.S. Senate race is likely to garner a lot of attention, as the state went red for a presidential election for the first time since 1988. Incumbent Democrat Sen. Debbie Stabenow, elected in 2000, successfully held off Republican challengers in 2006 and 2012.
“If these GOP sonsabitches don’t get it right this time I will come charging in as the ultimate WE THE PISSED OFF PEOPLE Mr FixIt Consitutional firebreathing shitkicker candidate from hell!” Nugent said on his official Facebook page, sharing the blog post.
“Though we dodged the toxic blue bullet on November 8 and showed that the real Michigan is bright red, the embarrassing high-crime blue smudges in the state must be fixed and removed ASAP,” Nugent asserted, likely referring to the urban centers that regularly vote overwhelmingly Democrat.
Nugent said that in order to restore faith in the government, Constitutional accountability is the answer.
Nugent’s announcement may be indicative of a larger political movement in a post-Trump era. Not only are Trump’s policies catching on, but he may be inspiring other non-politicians to make the jump into public service. If so, Trump’s vision of a conservative, citizen’s government may be closer than one might think.
Nugent on Trump:
In case you missed this gem:
Source: Daily Caller
Photo: Flickr / Mike Licht
You’ll make a great Senator Ted.
Don’t know about that Bob but I guarantee the motor city maniac will shake up the senate.
No doubts about that.
Go get tum ted