Rare is closely following the 2016 presidential race from the latest primary state of New Hampshire. Our political reporter Yasmeen Alamiri got a chance to interview performance artist, activist and presidential candidate, Vermin Supreme, Monday.
Supreme has run for various elected offices, both locally and nationally, on platforms that include zombie preparedness and mandatory toothbrushing laws. Supreme calls himself a “friendly fascist.”
He told Alamiri that he will give Americans free ponies and believes Americans should let him run their lives because “he knows what’s best” for them.
Supreme tried to run his toothbrushing platform by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Monday. Cruz brushed it off saying he believes in individual liberty and does not think we need a nanny state.
“He seemed like a very nice guy. I don’t think I’d want him to be my president,” Supreme told The Dallas Morning News. “I think I would make a much better president than Ted Cruz, and with a little luck maybe I’ll get more votes, but I’m not counting on it.”
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