Libertarian nominee for Lieutenant Governor Ruth Page-Nelson addressed a gathering of Libertarian candidates in Homewood on Tuesday night at Jim’ N Nick’s barbecue restaurant.
Jimmy Blake, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, introduced Nelson. Blake said, “We have a very sharp Black lady Ruth Nelson. Her opponent is Will Ainsworth. He is sort of a pudgy rich kid. He has more money than any other candidate on the ballot.”
“My opponent Will Ainsworth is a very rich man. I have no Democratic opponent,” Nelson said. “I want you to vote for me because I will fight for rules that will make you free. Vote for me, Ruth Page Nelson, for Lieutenant Governor; I will not let you down.”
“I opened a green jobs training center in Dothan,” Page-Nelson said. “They decided to tear it down to build a parking lot. I was opening it so we could have local jobs. We were funded and ready to roll. The EPA stepped in and said you can’t tear it down. Then it burned down.”
Nelson said that she had been active with Dothan for Justice Now, a group that fights for racial equity.
“I ran on the Republican ticket for U.S. Senate (in 2020),” Nelson stated. “The Republicans tried to throw Republican. They left me on the ballot, but there was a media blackout of my campaign.”
Nelson discussed her views on Medicaid expansion and women’s health issues.
“I am for expanding Medicaid,” Nelson said. “That is key to having a healthy population.”
“I almost died during childbirth,” Nelson continued. “I will fight for a woman’s right to choose. I will never tell a woman that she does not have a right to make her own decisions about her own body.”
Nelson accused the federal government of picking winners and losers with the funds that they provide for energy projects.
“That $600 million went to the people in that room,” Nelson commented, recalling an Obama administration green energy initiative.
“I am a strong proponent of green technology,” Nelson said. “We have been under the Alabama Power monopoly for far too long. I am a big believer in solar. I believe the sun that lands on your property is yours to use.”
Nelson promised to fight corruption if she is elected.
“We have proof that people were having drugs and guns planted on them in Dothan,” Nelson recounted. “We took that up to the U.S. Attorney’s office and the FBI to start an investigation. We waited, and nothing happened.”
“Our state is using mass incarceration as a business,” Nelson argued. “When you see corruption, we have to root it out. I will root out corruption.”
“I am not a cult; I am a candidate,” Nelson said. “You need to be OK with who you are voting for. You can bubble me in even if you straight ticket vote.”
Nelson will face incumbent Lt. Gov. Ainsworth in the Nov. 8 general election.
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