Brian T. Carroll Explained

Brian T. Carroll
Birth Date:15 December 1949
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:Teacher
Party:American Solidarity Party
Movement:Christian democracy

Brian Thomas Carroll (born December 15, 1949) is an American teacher who was the American Solidarity Party's presidential nominee in the 2020 United States presidential election.[1] He is a proponent of Christian democracy.

Life and career

Carroll received his bachelor's degree in history from UCLA and earned a teaching credential at California State University, Los Angeles. He taught junior high history and other subjects in Farmersville, California from 1977 to 1983.[2] During that time, he also wrote for the Valley Voice newspaper, focusing primarily on the local need for public transportation.[3] Carroll has taught students in Colombia and China and traveled extensively throughout Europe and Brazil. As an amateur naturalist, his work has been cited in studies on spiders and insects.[4] [5] In 2008, he returned to teaching in Farmersville.[6] [7]

2018 California congressional campaign

Carroll ran for California's twenty-second congressional district in 2018, campaigning against Republican incumbent Devin Nunes and Democrat Andrew Janz. This was a contentious election due to Nunes' role in the 2018 Trump–Russia investigation.[8] Carroll received 1,591 votes in the 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.[9]

2020 presidential campaign

On April 5, 2019, Carroll declared his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2020 United States presidential election, seeking the nomination of the American Solidarity Party.[10] He won the nomination at the online party convention,[11] [12] and chose ASP chair Amar Patel as his running mate.[13]

Carroll notably spoke at the Rehumanize Conference in New Orleans,[14] a speaking engagement at the Presidential Politics Conference of Iowa at Dordt University that was also attended by Republican candidate Joe Walsh and Democratic candidate Tulsi Gabbard.[15] [16] [17] [18] [19] He participated in a Free & Equal Elections Foundation presidential debate, alongside minor candidates of various parties.[20] [21] [22]

Carroll and his running mate Patel were on the ballot in eight states and certified as write-in candidates in 31 states. They received over 42,000 votes nationwide.

Endorsements

Political positions

Carroll ran on a platform that espouses the political ideology of Christian democracy,[23] which emphasizes Chestertonian distributism as an alternative to capitalism (which he opposes), a consistent life ethic, universal healthcare, climate and environmental stewardship, social justice and reconciliation, and a more peaceful world.[24] [25] His positions are similar to those espoused by other Christian Democratic parties in many European and Latin American countries.

Carroll subscribes to a consistent life ethic which opposes abortion, euthanasia, and the death penalty, while advocating for progressive and social justice issues.[26] He supports Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, ranked choice voting, the breakup of companies such as Amazon and Google, amnesty for David Daleiden, diverting some police and military funding to community resources, ending private prisons, rehabilitation rather than incarceration for drug possession, and red flag laws.[27] He is anti-abortion, and has said that being pro-life "obviously, is more than abortion" in reference to elderly people endangered by the COVID-19 pandemic.[28]

Personal life

Carroll has been married for 46 years, and has five children and 14 grandchildren.[24] An elder in the Evangelical Covenant Church,[29] a Pietist denomination, Carroll considers himself an Evangelical Christian.[25]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Griswold . Lewis . Five challengers want to boot Devin Nunes from his safe seat . The Fresno Bee. May 28, 2018. April 13, 2019.
  2. Web site: Hanink . James . Bartko . Matthew . WCAT Radio The Open Door (April 5, 2019) . The Open Door . Spreaker . April 15, 2019 . April 5, 2019.
  3. Web site: Holman . Ron . Brian T. Carroll: Candidate for U.S. Congress, District 22 . Visalia Times Delta . April 14, 2019 . March 5, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210305063142/https://www.visaliatimesdelta.com/videos/news/2018/05/03/brian-t-carroll-u-s-congress-district-22/578803002/ . dead .
  4. Book: Watt . Alistair . Robert Fortune: A Plant Hunter in the Orient . October 15, 2017 . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 187.
  5. Levi. H. W.. 1995. Orb-weaving spiders Actinosoma, Spilasma, Micrepeira, Pronous, and four new genera (Araneae: Araneidae).. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 153–213. 154.
  6. Web site: Briggs . Mike . Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Mike & Athena . YouTube . April 14, 2019.
  7. Web site: Steen . Greg . Brian T. Carroll, Candidate for Congress, CA 22, on Truth 4 Seniors . YouTube . April 13, 2019.
  8. Web site: Stracqualursi . Veronica . Rep. Nunes' Democratic opponents capitalizing on memo release . CNN . February 3, 2018 . April 13, 2019.
  9. Web site: Appleton . Rory . Candidate denies fellow Nunes challenger Janz's claims of support . June 27, 2018. The Fresno Bee . April 13, 2019.
  10. Web site: Carroll . Brian . April 5, 2019 Preview . . March 15, 2020.
  11. Web site: Winger . Richard . American Solidarity Party Chooses Presidential Nominee . Ballot Access News . March 14, 2020.
  12. Web site: Another Consistent-Life-Ethic Presidential Candidate . Consistent Life Network . September 20, 2019 . March 14, 2020.
  13. Web site: Amar Patel, 2020 VP American Solidarity Party . Third Party Second Bananas . March 14, 2020.
  14. Web site: Schmidt. Theresa. American Solidarity Party seeks those frustrated with mainstream parties. March 14, 2020. KPLC. October 19, 2019 .
  15. Web site: Hayworth . Bret . Democrat Gabbard, Republican Walsh to speak at Northwest Iowa college event . Sioux City Journal . March 14, 2020.
  16. Web site: Presidential Politics event Oct. 24–26 . The N'West Iowa REVIEW . March 14, 2020.
  17. Web site: Wielenga . Renee . Presidential candidates to be at Dordt . Sioux Center News . March 14, 2020.
  18. Web site: Randall . Libbie . Dordt University hosts Presidential Politics Conference . KTIV Television . March 14, 2020.
  19. Web site: Henderson . O. Kay . Dordt University hosting conference on presidential politics . Radio Iowa . October 25, 2019 . March 14, 2020.
  20. News: Varine . Patrick . Lesser-known presidential candidate debate slated for March in Chicago . . March 14, 2020.
  21. Web site: Griffiths . Shawn . Civility and pleas to be heard mark 'debate' among 18 marginal candidates . The Fulcrum . March 14, 2020.
  22. Web site: McKeown . Jonah . He won't win. So why is Brian Carroll running for president? . https://web.archive.org/web/20200315080115/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/he-wont-win-so-why-is-brian-carroll-running-for-president-24070 . dead . March 15, 2020 . Catholic News Agency . March 14, 2020.
  23. Web site: Meyer . Regan . Professor emeritus leaves classroom, enters campaign trail for American Solidarity Party . . October 19, 2020 . en . September 3, 2020.
  24. Web site: Pro-life but not Republicans: meet the American Solidarity Party . Catholic Herald . October 23, 2019 . March 14, 2020.
  25. Web site: Huber . Tim . Room in the middle . Mennonite World Review . March 14, 2020.
  26. Web site: Miller . Bailey . Candidates Running for California's 22nd Congressional Share Views at Forum . YourCentralValley.com . February 16, 2018 . Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. . April 14, 2019.
  27. Web site: The Free and Equal Election Foundation. October 9, 2020. Open Presidential Debate 2020 – Full Version. October 11, 2020. YouTube.
  28. Web site: American Solidarity Party candidate presses on to 2020 presidential election. November 4, 2020. Catholic News Agency. en.
  29. Web site: Silliman . Daniel . For Third-Party Christians, Some Things Are More Important Than Winning . . en . June 22, 2020.

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