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Iowa Republican Suspends State Senate Campaign, Appoints Herself Senator Of Alternative Form Of Government | A Republican state Senate candidate in Iowa has suspended her campaign and appointed herself a senator of an alternative form of American government. “I have been honored to be Iowa’s Republican Candidate for The Office of State Senator in District 34,” Randi Johnson writes in a letter to supporters. “I have become aware of the existence of the Original Republic for The United States of America,” she continues. “In order to affect the most good on behalf of The People of Iowa’s 34 th District and in keeping with my conscience, I have accepted the position of U.S. Senator in The Republic of The United States of America.” The libertarian group Johnson is a part of claims the “United States Corporation” was unlawfully “formed in 1871 without the American people’s consent.”

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