American teacher and political candidate
Brian Thomas Carroll (born December 15, 1949) is an American teacher who was theAmerican Solidarity Party 's presidential nominee in the2020 United States presidential election .[ 2] Christian democracy .[ 1]
Carroll received hisbachelor's degree in history fromUCLA and earned a teaching credential atCalifornia State University, Los Angeles . He taughtjunior high history and other subjects inFarmersville, California from 1977 to 1983.[ 3] Valley Voice [ 3] [ 4] Colombia and China and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Brazil. As an amateurnaturalist , his work has been cited in studies on spiders and insects.[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
2018 California congressional campaign [ edit ] Carroll ran for California's twenty-second congressional district in 2018, campaigning against Republican incumbentDevin Nunes and DemocratAndrew Janz . This was a contentious election due to Nunes' role in the2018 Trump–Russia investigation .[ 9] top-two primary , placing fifth in a field of six candidates. During the general election (after Carroll's elimination), Janz claimed that Carroll had endorsed him; Carroll publicly denied this claim.[ 10]
2020 presidential campaign [ edit ] Wikinews has related news:
Joe Schriner (right) and Brian T. Carroll (left), who both vied to be the presidential candidate for theAmerican Solidarity Party , participated in a live presidential debate at the 2019 ASP Midwestern Regional Meeting, which was held atWalnut Creek, Ohio .On April 5, 2019, Carroll declared his candidacy for President of the United States in the2020 United States presidential election , seeking the nomination of theAmerican Solidarity Party .[ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
Carroll notably spoke at the Rehumanize Conference in New Orleans,[ 16] Joe Walsh and Democratic candidateTulsi Gabbard .[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] Free & Equal Elections Foundation presidential debate, alongside minor candidates of various parties.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Carroll and his running mate Patel wereon the ballot in eight states and certified as write-in candidates in 31 states . They received over 42,000 votes nationwide.
List of Brian T. Carroll endorsements (2020)
Individuals Organizations Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching[ 32] Italian Community of St Louis[ 33] Political positions [ edit ] Carroll ran on a platform that espouses the political ideology ofChristian democracy ,[ 1] Chestertonian distributism as an alternative tocapitalism (which he opposes), aconsistent life ethic ,universal healthcare , climate andenvironmental stewardship ,social justice and reconciliation, and a more peaceful world.[ 34] [ 35] Christian Democratic parties in many European and Latin American countries.
Carroll subscribes to aconsistent life ethic which opposes abortion,euthanasia , and the death penalty, while advocating for progressive and social justice issues.[ 36] Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals ,[ 4] ranked choice voting , the breakup of companies such asAmazon and Google, amnesty forDavid Daleiden , diverting some police and military funding to community resources, endingprivate prisons , rehabilitation rather than incarceration for drug possession, andred flag laws .[ 37] anti-abortion , and has said that beingpro-life "obviously, is more than abortion" in reference to elderly people endangered by theCOVID-19 pandemic .[ 38]
Carroll has been married for 46 years, and has five children and 14 grandchildren.[ 34] elder in theEvangelical Covenant Church ,[ 39] Pietist denomination, Carroll considers himself anEvangelical Christian .[ 35]
^ Although the candidate was officially affiliated with theAmerican Solidarity Party , because the party did not haveballot access in California at the time of the election, the candidate was listed on the ballot as having "no party preference". ^a b c Meyer, Regan (September 3, 2020)."Professor emeritus leaves classroom, enters campaign trail for American Solidarity Party" .Hillsdale Collegian . RetrievedOctober 19, 2020 . ^ Griswold, Lewis (May 28, 2018)."Five challengers want to boot Devin Nunes from his safe seat" .The Fresno Bee . RetrievedApril 13, 2019 . ^a b Hanink, James; Bartko, Matthew (April 5, 2019)."WCAT Radio The Open Door (April 5, 2019)" .The Open Door . Spreaker. RetrievedApril 15, 2019 . ^a b Holman, Ron."Brian T. Carroll: Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 22" .Visalia Times Delta . Archived fromthe original on March 5, 2021. RetrievedApril 14, 2019 . ^ Watt, Alistair (October 15, 2017).Robert Fortune: A Plant Hunter in the Orient . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. p. 187. ^ Levi, H. W. (1995). "Orb-weaving spidersActinosoma ,Spilasma ,Micrepeira ,Pronous , and four new genera (Araneae: Araneidae)".Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology .154 :153– 213. ^ Briggs, Mike (March 28, 2018)."Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Mike & Athena" .YouTube . RetrievedApril 14, 2019 . ^ Steen, Greg (March 28, 2018)."Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Truth 4 Seniors" .YouTube . RetrievedApril 13, 2019 . ^ Stracqualursi, Veronica (February 3, 2018)."Rep. Nunes' Democratic opponents capitalizing on memo release" .CNN . RetrievedApril 13, 2019 . ^ Appleton, Rory (June 27, 2018)."Candidate denies fellow Nunes challenger Janz's claims of support" .The Fresno Bee . RetrievedApril 13, 2019 . ^ "2018 California primary election results" (PDF) . RetrievedJune 10, 2019 .^ Carroll, Brian (April 2, 2019)."April 5, 2019 Preview" .YouTube . RetrievedMarch 15, 2020 . ^ Winger, Richard (September 17, 2019)."American Solidarity Party Chooses Presidential Nominee" .Ballot Access News . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ "Another Consistent-Life-Ethic Presidential Candidate" .Consistent Life Network . September 20, 2019. RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 .^ "Amar Patel, 2020 VP American Solidarity Party" .Third Party Second Bananas . October 10, 2019. RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 .^ Schmidt, Theresa (October 19, 2019)."American Solidarity Party seeks those frustrated with mainstream parties" .KPLC . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Hayworth, Bret (October 18, 2019)."Democrat Gabbard, Republican Walsh to speak at Northwest Iowa college event" .Sioux City Journal . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ "Presidential Politics event Oct. 24–26" .The N'West Iowa REVIEW . October 22, 2019. RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 .^ Wielenga, Renee (October 24, 2019)."Presidential candidates to be at Dordt" .Sioux Center News . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Randall, Libbie (October 24, 2019)."Dordt University hosts Presidential Politics Conference" .KTIV Television . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Henderson, O. Kay (October 25, 2019)."Dordt University hosting conference on presidential politics" .Radio Iowa . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Varine, Patrick."Lesser-known presidential candidate debate slated for March in Chicago" .Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Griffiths, Shawn."Civility and pleas to be heard mark 'debate' among 18 marginal candidates" .The Fulcrum . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ McKeown, Jonah."He won't win. So why is Brian Carroll running for president?" .Catholic News Agency . Archived fromthe original on March 15, 2020. RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Conservative, The American (October 27, 2020)."The American Conservative 2020 Presidential Symposium" .The American Conservative . ^ "Rod Dreher on Voting for Brian Carroll, the American Solidarity Candidate for President - ProfessorBainbridge.com" .^ "Donor Lookup" .OpenSecrets .^ Camosy, Charles (September 29, 2020)."The Catholic case for Brian Carroll of the American Solidarity Party" .Our Sunday Visitor . RetrievedNovember 12, 2020 . ^ Dreher, Rod."Rod Dreher" .Twitter . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 . ^ Marohn, Charles."Charles Marohn" .Twitter . RetrievedOctober 13, 2020 . ^ Yancey, George (August 12, 2020)."Throwing Away my Vote" .Shattering Paradigms . Patheos. RetrievedAugust 12, 2020 . ^ "2020 Presidential Voter Guide" .Leonine Institute for Catholic Social Teaching . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 .^ "2020 Presidential Elections" .Italian Community of St Louis . RetrievedNovember 3, 2020 .^a b "Pro-life but not Republicans: meet the American Solidarity Party" .Catholic Herald . October 23, 2019. RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 .^a b Huber, Tim."Room in the middle" .Mennonite World Review . RetrievedMarch 14, 2020 . ^ Miller, Bailey (February 16, 2018)."Candidates Running for California's 22nd Congressional Share Views at Forum" .YourCentralValley.com . Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. RetrievedApril 14, 2019 . ^ The Free and Equal Election Foundation (October 9, 2020)."Open Presidential Debate 2020 – Full Version" .YouTube . RetrievedOctober 11, 2020 . ^ "American Solidarity Party candidate presses on to 2020 presidential election" .Catholic News Agency . RetrievedNovember 4, 2020 .^ Silliman, Daniel (June 22, 2020)."For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning" .Christianity Today .
