John Washington III Says Politicians Chase Votes, Then Forget the People Who Cast Them

John Washington III said the system is broken. In a written statement, he said politicians chase votes, then money, and forget the people who put them in office — telling voters they will fight for them, then returning to business as usual once elected.

"This doesn't change until the people stand with someone who actually works for them," he wrote. "I'm that candidate. Stand with me. Let's take our power back," he wrote, presenting himself as the candidate who would work for the people rather than for the system.

The statement framed the choice as one for voters themselves: change, in his telling, comes when the people stand with a candidate who works for them. He offered no policy proposal in the statement beyond that appeal — the argument was about representation itself, and about politicians who, he said, say one thing in election season and do another in office.