John Washington III Says It Is Time to Question the Entire System Both Parties Operate Under

John Washington III, a candidate for president in 2028, is putting a direct question to voters in both major parties: how long, he asked, will Americans allow a political system to control their lives, exercise power over them and take their hard-earned money without questioning how that power is being used?

In the remarks, John Washington III noted that Democrats and Republicans are two different parties that operate under the same political system, taking part together in passing laws, collecting taxes, creating regulations and exercising governmental authority. "If both political parties are supposed to be fighting for the people, why do so many Americans continue to feel like they are the ones being taken advantage of?" he wrote. He asked why voters argue about the parties instead of questioning the system, and who is really benefiting, who is really being represented and who is actually holding officials accountable.

John Washington III said election-season promises are where the pattern shows clearest. Politicians say they will fight for the people, protect their rights, lower their taxes and change the system, he wrote — and he asked where the change, the accountability and the fight for the American people are once those politicians are elected, and why the system seems to operate the same way regardless of which party holds office.

He also addressed his own party directly. John Washington III stated that he is a member of the Democratic Party, and that membership does not mean he will pretend everything the Democratic Party does is right. His closing questions — where is the change, where is the accountability, where is the fight — were directed, he wrote, to the American people, both parties and every government official in the country.