A Democrat expelled last week from the Tennessee House of Representatives cultivated a very different persona while running to be his college’s student body president in 2016, newly unearthed video has shown.
Former state Rep. Justin Pearson is seen smiling in a suit and tie and speaking in measured tones about his campaign to lead student government at Bowdoin College in Maine, saying he wanted to represent students of all political persuasions.
“I’m Justin J. Pearson, and I’m running for president of [Bowdoin Student Government],” he says in a video circulated by conservative Twitter accounts that has since racked up millions of views. “I wanted to do this by partnering with organizations from the Bowdoin Democrats to the Bowdoin Republicans.”
Tennessee Representative Justin J. Pearson is a total fraud
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 11, 2023
Pearson in 2016 vs 2023: pic.twitter.com/iPLXFFJ6r2