U.S. Army Ret. Brig. Gen. Jonathan McColumn of Warner Robins announced Monday he’ll be running for U.S. Senate as a Republican in hopes of representing the state of Georgia.
He said he wanted to return the power to the people of the country as he described various topics pressing on a national and international scale, such as: inflation, the Keystone Pipeline, a secure Southern border and the Freedom to Vote Act, to name a few.
“We are told that Voters Bill that was passed last year prevents or suppresses Black votes,” McColumn said. “Well, let me tell you something: I read that bill, and there was nothing in that bill that would prevent people that are my color from going to the polls to vote. As a matter of fact, this is what I would tell you: Go register right now so you can vote in the primaries and election.”
He commented on the role of Critical Race Theory in school curriculums across the state and nation.
“I will tell you we are all God’s children, and we are all made in the image of God,” McColumn said. “So, when you see yourself in the mirror, know that you are God-made, and you are blood-American, and there is no difference between you and the other person beside you — regardless of the color of their skin.”
McColumn said his 35 years of military service involved 10 years outside the country, and he has observed how foreign people view the United States as a safe haven.
“So, I can tell you from the outside of America, everybody is trying to get inside of the United States of America,” he said.
He called America “a nation for good, and it stands for good, even outside [the country].”
The recent military departure from the Middle East featured no responsible planning, he said, calling the situation the “Afghanistan Debacle.”
“Meanwhile, our friends discuss watching this, even all over the world, they say: ‘What happened to the United States?’ he said. ‘What happened to the friendly nation of good?’”
Although the current executive branch describes global warming as a major pressing issue for the United States and world, McColumn said he believed the greatest “existential” threat to the nation involved China and maintaining national cybersecurity.
“I’ll tell you from my position: the existential threat to the United States is China,” McColumn said. “The existential threat to the United States is cyber because if anybody can bring down our cyber systems, they can bring the United States to its knees.”
He said although citizens sometimes elect officials that are more concerned about their own interests while they’re in office, the solutions to many problems we face come from the Constitution — and he wants the chance to represent “We the People.”
“Sometimes, and often in Congress, we elect people who are supposed to represent our interests,” McColumn said. “But when they find themselves in Washington, they do their own bidding; they do whatever they desire.”
McColumn said he doesn’t care what the normal everyday voter looks like or where they came from, he’s concerned about taking Georgia back for the average American.
“This is a day to look at taking not only Georgia back, the only reason the things I mentioned previously took place is because Georgia lost an important [Senate] seat last year,” he said. “And I’m here to take it back.
“And Georgians, with your help wherever you are — I don’t care if you’re in the northeast corner or the southeast corner; doesn’t matter to me if you’re from Ludowici or Savannah; from Atlanta to Warner Robins, right here with Robins Air Force Base in my rear; from Valdosta to Chattanooga; to the counties, to the states, to the cities, to the communities; we are here to take Georgia back and take our country back because it belongs to us.”
McColumn said his ability to articulate on national security policy, his knowledge on fiscal versus monetary policy, his knowledge on the economy and the forces that make it move, as well as a “hand-off” political approach are a few things that set him apart from his competition.
The Republican primary election will take place May 24, and McColumn will be up against Gary Black, Josh Clark, Kelvin King, James Nestor, Latham Saddler and Herschel Walker gunning for a Senate seat.
“There is someone who’s running [for Senate] who played for one of the most powerful teams in college football, but then there’s another guy that played on the most powerful army in the whole world,” McColumn said.
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