Election Shenanigans In North Carolina

Welcome to the Independent Streak Podcast, only on Jesse Ventura’s Die First, Then Quit. Here we showcase candidates, activists, and influencers who are fighting to bring something new, fresh, and game changing to the worlds of politics and pop culture.

On this episode, Gov. Jesse Ventura sits down with the Green Party U.S. Senate candidate out of North Carolina, Matthew Hoh.

Soldier, Peace Advocate, and now U.S. Senate Candidate, Matthew Hoh has never been afraid to stand tall in the face of corruption and unchecked power.

Serving ten years in the Marine Corp, as well as holding important positions within the U.S. State Department, Hoh has seen the true face of U.S. foreign policy and the Military Industrial Complex’s influence over it. After witnessing first hand the United States invasions and subsequent failures in nation building in both Iraq and Afghanistan, Hoh famously resigned his position with the State Dept. in 2009. With The Washington Post acknowledged at the time, that Hoh…

…became the first U.S. official known to resign in protest over the Afghan war, which he had come to believe simply fueled the insurgency.

In the ensuing years, Hoh, has been an outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy as well as Corporate America’s undue influence over our elected officials. He has been appeared on hundreds of news programs and television networks including the BBC, CBS, CNN, CSPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, NPR, and Pacifica.

Now, after years of speaking truth to power, Hoh is running for the United States Senate on the Green Party ticket in North Carolina. Controversy, however, has erupted on the campaign trail as the N.C. State Board of Elections recently voted to deny recognition of Matthew Hoh and the Green Party, effectively keeping them off this Novembers ballet.

On this edition of the Independent Streak podcast, Gov. Jesse Ventura sat down with Matthew Hoh to discuss his run for office and the Democratic Party’s rather undemocratic attempts to keep him off the ballot.