JJ Johnson holds a physical Patent of Nativity — a family archive tracing an unbroken chain of births, marriages, and deaths from the 1400s to the present. His ancestors did not watch American history unfold. They built it.
— JJ Johnson, 2028 Presidential Candidate
In 1679 a Quaker named John Borton signed the West Jersey Concessions and Agreements — one of the earliest constitutional documents in American history, establishing trial by jury, freedom of conscience, and representative government in what is now New Jersey. He had fled religious persecution in England and Massachusetts to practice his faith freely in the New World.
In 2026 John Borton's direct descendant JJ Johnson filed a billion dollar federal civil complaint pro se against Meta, X Corp, SpaceX, TikTok, Oracle, and their principals — documenting the suppression of a presidential candidate's political speech across six platforms. The fight for personal liberty and government accountability is, in Johnson's family, a 500-year-old argument. He is still making it.
John Borton signed the West Jersey Concessions in 1679 — establishing trial by jury and freedom of conscience.
JJ Johnson's 2028 platform calls for restoring the Fourth Amendment and ending civil asset forfeiture — the seizure of property without due process.
John Howland's Puritan ancestors gave up European wealth to cross an ocean for religious freedom.
JJ Johnson's campaign rests on three words: God. America Only. Populist. Our rights come from God — not government.
Sir Henry Cromwell's descendants challenged the concentrated unaccountable power of the English crown.
JJ Johnson filed a billion dollar federal civil complaint against eight of the most powerful corporations in the world — pro se.
Colonel Samuel V. Smock helped build the State of Indiana from wilderness in 1806 — with no institutional support.
JJ Johnson built ten technology products independently on a farm in Florida — with no investors, no employees, and no venture capital.
Five hundred years of American building, fighting, and refusing to bow to concentrated power. JJ Johnson is running for President in 2028 to finish what his ancestors started.