 Wikinews accredited reporter William S. Saturn reached out to Unity Party of America presidential nominee Bill Hammons of Colorado to discuss Hammons's 2020 campaign for President of the United States.
Hammons, a former Newsweek manager and owner of the website "Bill's List", founded the Unity Party in 2004 with supporters of General Wesley Clark's unsuccessful campaign for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. The party, which describes itself as centrist, advocates in its constitution for, among other things, a balanced budget amendment, elimination of the federal income tax, tax deduction for health care costs, a global minimum wage for fair trade, term limits for Congress and judges, lowering the voting age, DC statehood, and expanded space exploration.
Hammons has grown the party with various campaigns for public office.  He ran for US Congress in 2008 and 2010, US Senate in 2014 and 2016, and for Governor of Colorado in 2018.  Last year, Hammons embarked on a presidential campaign and became the Unity Party's first presidential nominee. Engineer Eric Bodenstab, the party's 2018 nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Colorado was picked to be his running mate. Bodenstab spoke to Wikinews last August. The Hammons-Bodenstab ticket has qualified for ballot access in Colorado, Louisiana, and New Jersey.
With Wikinews, Hammons discusses his background, campaign, the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court, and Black Lives Matter, among other issues.
((WSS)) : Which past U.S. president(s) do you most admire and why?
((WSS)) : How have your past experiences prepared you for the job of President?
((WSS)) : How would you describe your style of leadership?  How does it compare to the leadership styles of President Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama?
((WSS)) : If you were president, how would you have handled the coronavirus pandemic differently than President Trump?
((WSS)) : How has the pandemic affected your campaign and your ability to reach out to voters?
((WSS)) : Based on your general feeling on the ground, about how many votes do you expect to receive in the 2020 election?
((WSS)) : What would a Hammons administration look like?  Which specific individuals would you ask to be in your cabinet?
((WSS)) : Who would you nominate to the Supreme Court? Would you apply any litmus tests?  Should the number of justices remain at nine?
((WSS)) : As president, how would you work with Congress to avoid gridlock and pass your agenda?
((WSS)) : What should be done, from the government's perspective, to combat global climate change?
((WSS)) : What are your views on the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan?  What would you do as president to help resolve the conflict and how does that comport with your overarching philosophy on foreign affairs?
((WSS)) : Are you concerned about deplatforming and the censorship of certain views on social media?  How would you address this issue as president?
((WSS)) : What can you do, as president, to improve race relations in the United States?

Have an opinion on this story? Share it!
Share this: 






This page is archived, and is no longer publicly editable.
Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.
Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.
Note that some listed sources or external links may no longer be available online due to age.
Got a correction? Add the template {{editprotected}} to the talk page along with your corrections, and it will be brought to the attention of the administrators.
Please note that due to our archival policy, we will not alter or update the content of articles that are archived, but will only accept requests to make grammatical and formatting corrections.
Wikinews interviews Bill Hammons, Unity Party of America presidential nominee