Hamill to Announce 2020 Presidential Bid at #SWCC
Attention voters! The last Jedi himself, Mark Hamill, is throwing his name in the hat to take down Supreme Leader Trump. Come November 2020, you will be able to officially vote for Mark Hamill to be the next president of the United States of America. No more write-ins for the former farm boy this time!
Anyone who follows Mark Hamill on Twitter knows the political Force is strong with him. And in December of last year Mr. Hamill reminded us all that we need to be more politically savvy with his reading list on Big Issue.
By January, #MarkHamill2020 started trending on Twitter and earlier today sources close to Hamill leaked that he would be announcing his 2020 candidacy at the upcoming Star Wars Celebration in Chicago, IL. Hamill, who wasn’t expected to appear at this year’s Celebration, issued the following press release on his official website:
***MEDIA ALERT***
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
–Mark Hamill’s official website.
April 5, 2019
Actor Mark Hamill to announce election bid for democratic nomination between April 11 – 15 at a time to be determined in Chicago, IL.
Mr. Hamill also posted a photo of Reagan’s Oval Office on his Instagram earlier today.
He will be the 17th addition to the ever growing list of Democratic candidates for 2020. Other candidates include:
- Cory Booker (D)
- Pete Buttigieg (D)
- Julian Castro (D)
- John Delaney (D)
- Tulsi Gabbard (D)
- Kirsten Gillibrand(D)
- Kamala Harris (D)
- John Hickenlooper (D)
- Jay Inslee (D)
- Amy Klobuchar(D)
- Wayne Messam(D)
- Beto O’Rourke (D)
- Bernie Sanders (I)
- Elizabeth Warren(D)
- Marianne Williamson (D)
- Andrew Yang (D)
For Democrats, this adds yet another layer of confusion to the 2020 primary, however for Star Wars fans, this adds a chance to get one of ours seated in the highest office in the land. May the Force be with him.
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