Coreco Ja'Quan Pearson (born July 31, 2002) is an American conservative activist, political advisor, former political candidate and commentator.
Born in Augusta, Georgia, Pearson was raised in Grovetown. His political interest deepened aged eight, when he began blogging in support of local conservative politicians. He embarked on a career as an internet personality when, in early 2015, he uploaded a video to YouTube defending comments made by former mayor of New York CityRudy Giuliani and criticism of then PresidentBarack Obama, which quickly gained international attention. After this, he began his career as a freelance journalist and has campaigned for several Republican politicians.
Pearson was involved in the unprecedented attempt to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. A conservative, he describes himself as an anti-establishmentpopulist. Pearson is the executive director of Young Georgians in Government and executive director of Teens for Trump. He is also a political advisor and active in Georgia Republican politics.
In January 2024, he announced his candidacy in a special election for Georgia House of Representatives's 125th district but was later defeated.[3][4] He was set to run again for the same office in a regular election but withdrew his candidacy in March 2024.[5][6]
Early life and education
Pearson was born as Coreco Ja'Quan Pearson on July 31, 2002, in Augusta, Georgia, his parents registered Democratic.[7][8][9] In 2012, his family moved to Grovetown where Pearson attended Columbia Middle School. He was elected student body president in seventh grade, though he stepped down in order to form the Young Georgians in Government political group and participate in other political activities.[10] In 2016, he started attending Evans High School as a freshman.[11] He lives with his grandparents, Willie and Robin Pearson.[12] He graduated from Evans High School in May 2020.[13][14] Pearson would later attend the University of Alabama before dropping out in his junior year.[15]
In February 2015, Pearson received international media attention which led him to embark in his career in politics and journalism, after he created a YouTube channel on February 21, 2015, and two days later posted a video, "President Obama: Do you really love America?" in which he defended former mayor of New York CityRudy Giuliani about the comments Giuliani had made criticizing then-President Barack Obama.[18] Pearson also criticized Obama, saying, "If you really did love America, you would call (Islamic State) what it really is: an assault on Christianity, an assault on America and downright hate for the American values that our country holds—freedom of speech, freedom of religion and every single thing that our country stands for."[18]
During the 2016 United States presidential election, Pearson campaigned for several different Republican presidential candidates. In April 2015, he campaigned for United States Senator from KentuckyRand Paul's presidential campaign and said that Paul has a "unique ability" to connect with millennials.[21] Later that year, in September 2015, Pearson left Paul's campaign and joined United States Senator from TexasTed Cruz's presidential campaign, and Cruz named Pearson as national chairman of "Teens for Ted", with Cruz commenting “Young people are looking for someone who does more than just talk a good game. They want someone who has walked the walk.”[22][23] Pearson, after two months, left the Cruz campaign and said that he disavowed conservatism.[24] Pearson then endorsed Bernie Sanders[25][26] and then when Sanders dropped out he joined eventual President Donald Trump's presidential campaign as national chairman of Teens for Trump.[27]
In July 2020, Pearson started his own nonprofit organization called the Free Thinker Project, a 501(c)(4) group that is allowed to be more partisan than the more typical 501(c)(3), naming himself Founder and President.[29]
In the 2020 United States presidential election, Pearson was nominated by the Republican Party to serve as an elector for the state of Georgia.[31] However, it is unclear whether he would have served as an elector if president Donald Trump won; The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that he did not serve as an elector because his residence was in Alabama while away at college while the Arizona Mirror, Pennsylvania Capital-Star and The Albany Herald list him as one of Trump's alternate electors.[32][33][34] Federal investigators announced they were investigating Georgia Republicans who refused to serve as alternative electors and contacted Pearson who said he would cooperate with investigators.[32]
Pearson announced in January 2024 his candidacy in a special election for the Georgia House of Representatives's 125th district to finish the term of Barry Fleming.[42][43] His residency in the district was challenged by a voter but was dismissed by an administrative law judge.[44][45] The election was held on February 13 in which Pearson came in second place after Gary Richardson. Since both candidates did not receive a majority vote they appeared again in a runoff election on March 12.[46] Pearson was defeated by Richardson[47] and both candidates were scheduled to appear again in the May Republican primary to seek a full two-year term.[48] Pearson later withdrew from the race.[49]
Over the timeline of Pearson's career, he has changed political views and has changed support from candidate to candidate in the 2016 United States presidential election. Pearson, when first embarking on a political commentator career after the viral YouTube video he made in February 2015, described himself as conservative, in addition to the media.[51]
In November 2015, Pearson changed his political views, and "renounced conservatism" and was questioning the ideology of the Republican Party, stating that "My views on the issues aren't going to be dictated by one political platform or another."[2] In December 2015, Pearson endorsed SenatorBernie Sanders of Vermont, an independent seeking the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination.[52] Later that month, Pearson published an article for MTV criticizing Trump and his presidential campaign and saying that the prospect of a Trump presidency "scares the crap out of me."[53]
In August 2016, Pearson wrote an article for Time magazine in support of Trump, commenting that his political views had changed drastically since 2015. He said that he supported Sanders and now Trump because, in his view, their campaign platforms had a lot of similarity.[27][16] Pearson describes himself as an anti-establishmentpopulist and is a Christian.[54][55] In 2020, Pearson became a member of the Republican Party when he registered to vote on his eighteenth birthday.[1]
Controversies
White House–Twitter
On September 23, 2015, Pearson falsely claimed that he was blocked from PresidentBarack Obama's official presidential social media account on Twitter,[56] due to comments he made criticizing Obama for inviting Ahmed Mohamed to the White House after Mohamed was suspended for bringing an invention to school.[57] Official White House assistant press secretary Frank Benenati made a statement that no one has ever been blocked from Obama's account, with other users on Twitter challenging Beneati's statement regarding the matter.[58] Pearson denounced the claim made by the White House, stated that they were lying about him. "They lied about Benghazi," he said, "They lied about the IRS. They lie about every issue of importance to the American people."[59][56]
Alleged cyberbullying
In May 2016, Pearson faced disciplinary action for allegedly bullying two white female students in an Instagram group chat.[60] This group chat was deleted before these claims could be thoroughly verified. Pearson claims his actions were retaliation for several comments, some of which were sexual in nature, and that the two girls were "the real bullies".[60] Pearson posted a video on YouTube urging his supporters to contact the Columbia County School District on his behalf. Pearson faced suspension for the remainder of the school year after attending a disciplinary hearing.[61]
^ After gaining international attention for his response to the comments made by former mayor of New York CityRudy Giuliani about then President Barack Obama, Pearson identified as conservative in addition to media identifying him as such. However, on November 28, 2015, he renounced conservatism. Pearson states on his official website that he is an anti-establishmentpopulist.[2]
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