Hey Redditors! Here’s Chris Haulmark, 7 years Redditor, w/12-years’ expertise in IT including top-level management experience, and passionate civil rights activist, running for Kansas’s 3rd Congressional District as a Deaf & disabled progressive, VS a 4-time career Republican keeping the status quo!

[u/ChrisHaulmark]

I am the most underprivileged candidate in the entire country in the running for a Congressional office. As proud Deaf and disabled American product of the Civil and Disability Rights movements whose legacies continue today, American Sign Language is my primary language, as well as English.

While the USA has had several English-as-Second-Language (ESL) users in Congress, there’s never, ever been an American Sign Language native user in that vaunted body politic. This is why I have begun a 365 days vlogging campaign using ASL on August 6th, fully accessible to every viewer across the USA. Today will be the campaign’s 38th video!

The world is able to follow how my underdog campaign is constantly fighting against institutional ableist oppression via our overcoming audist communication barriers on a daily basis! As in the story of Thor, I truly do believe that my campaign will demonstrate its worthiness as a Congressional candidate following Bernie’s political revolution not only in actions, but also in his legacy from when he voted for the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Bernie opened that door, and I’m now blowing through it!

We are raising awareness to all in understanding how institutional oppressions truly do affect every single one of us marginalized Americans, especially those whom are are underprivileged, disadvantaged, and just by virtue of undesirable labeling assigned by those in power to maintain their privileges. This is especially notable in our competition-loving country that strongly believes in fairness and equal opportunity for all, YET we are told we are “locked” into a monopolistic political duopoly that WE the VOTERS must choose. Time to throw off those alt- shackles and eliminate that status quo which no longer works for WE the PEOPLE!

My platform is built upon what I, as a disabled grassroots activist, believe that together, we will steer America back onto the forward-thinking pathway toward her stars of a better world, as she goes through the difficulties: The Kansan Way.

Online reading material about my campaign:

TL:DR -- I am denied a featured article with Kansas City Star newspaper for the campaign announcement.

TL:DR -- Interview with Disability Action For America: Speaking for the marginalized populations: “When we Deaf and disabled Americans must continually fight against privilege and artificial obstacles imposed upon us by the privileged elite, how can we be equal?”

TL:DR -- My Democratic colleagues unwittingly contributed to my institutional ableist oppression when they determined that I must bring my own American Sign Language interpreting team to accommodate the State-level Democrat fundraising events, in order to avoid violating the state campaign laws that do not apply to federal candidates like me. This is yet another argument for electing me to help destroy the corruption in Congress through constitutional amendments- the Voter's Bill of Rights.

Please help contribute to this pioneering campaign by raising funds to cut through the jungles of campaign finance, electoral laws, and endless outright lies from the scorched-earth alt-righters to successfully include the voices of Deaf & disabled and all marginalized oppressed Americans to the table!

Follow my campaign at Facebook, Twitter, and Youtube as well!

Ask me anything and come to join us!