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Revision as of 08:16, 12 September 2021

Christian Bo
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for Dixie, Jefferson, and Puerto Rico
Assumed office
August 11, 2021
Preceded by Office Established
Judge of the United States District Court for Dixie, Jefferson, and Puerto Rico
Assumed office
August 11, 2021
Preceded by Office Established
59th President of the United States
In office
March 12, 2021 – July 15, 2021
Vice President Ian Bellinger
Preceded by Omarosa Sandoval
Succeeded by Howard Elkridge
59th Vice President of the United States
In office
November 10, 2020 – March 12, 2021
President Omarosa Sandoval
Preceded by Cabin Fever
Succeeded by Ian Bellinger
President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
October 12, 2020 – October 13, 2020
Preceded by James Order
Succeeded by Drunk
Senate Majority Leader
In office
October 21, 2020 – November 10, 2020
Preceded by Epsilon Leclair
Succeeded by Howard Elkridge
Senate Minority Leader
In office
September 13, 2020 – October 21, 2020
Preceded by Valerie
Succeeded by Valentin Ricca
Deputy President pro tempore of the United States Senate
In office
July 15, 2021 – August 11, 2021
Preceded by Valerie
Succeeded by Cabin Fever
United States Senator
from Jefferson
In office
July 15, 2021 – August 11, 2021
Preceded by Valerie
Succeeded by Sysadmin
United States Senator
from Dixie
In office
September 10, 2020 – November 10, 2020
Preceded by Trash
Succeeded by Ethan Armstrong
White House Chief of Staff
In office
September 29, 2020 – November 10, 2020
President Lyndon Garland
Preceded by Arkenstone
Succeeded by Computerguy15
94th United States Attorney General
In office
July 23, 2021 – August 10, 2021
Preceded by Omarosa Sandoval
Succeeded by Computerguy15
Speaker of the Dixie General Assembly
In office
September 26, 2020 – November 9, 2020
Preceded by Aegeus Phoenix
Succeeded by Miguel Wazowski
Member of the
Dixie General Assembly
In office
August 5, 2020 – February 9, 2021
Preceded by Andrew Blaze
Succeeded by John Moonguy
Constituency 1st District (14th Assembly – 16th Assembly)
Dixie Secretary of State
In office
October 10, 2020 – November 9, 2020
Preceded by Drunk
Succeeded by Randy Rhombus
Dixie Secretary of Internal Affairs
In office
July 3, 2020 – October 10, 2020
Preceded by Jason Miner
Succeeded by John Miller
Personal Details
Born Christian Ludacris Bo
March 10, 1979
Orlando, Florida
Political party Independent (August 2021-present)
Libertarian-Republican Party (August 2020-August 2021)
Education Univerity of Tampa (BS)
University of Miami (JD)
Awards Presidential Medal of Freedom (2021)

Christian Ludacris Bo (born March 10, 1978) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist currently serving as the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for Dixie, Jefferson, and Puerto Rico. A member of the Libertarian-Republican Party during his political career, Bo served as the 59th President of the United States from March to July, 2021, as the 59th Vice President of the United States under Omarosa Sandoval from November, 2020, to March, 2021, represented Jefferson in the Senate from July to August, 2021, and represented Dixie in the Senate from September to November, 2020.

Early Life, Education, Career

Bo was born in Orlando, Florida on March 10, 1978 to Linda Wilton and Gary Bo. He is the elder brother to one sibling, Dominic Bo. His family later moved to Winter Garden, Florida where he attended and graduated from West Orange High School. Going on to attend the University of Tampa, he earned a B.S. in political science.

After a year working on electoral campaigns across central and southern Florida, he later attended the University of Miami School of Law, earning a J.D. degree. He went on to practice law in a firm based out of Tampa, Florida. Bo then worked as a political consultant before his entry into politics himself, sparked by an appointment to be Secretary of Internal Affairs in Dixie by Governor Omarosa Sandoval.

Dixie General Assembly

Having sought election to the Dixie General Assembly in the first district in August, 2020, Bo faced Trash, Andrew Blaze, and John Smith. He won with 52% of the vote, with Trash taking 30% and the other candidates taking the rest. He passed legislation to mandate LGBTQ+ education in schools; expand access to contraception; legalize prostitution; amend license plate regulation; ensure automatic voter registration; expand rehabilitation programs in prions; and ratify the Choice Amendment. Near the end of the session, when Speaker Phoenix was faced with a motion to vacate the chair, Bo was elected without opposition to the Speakership.

Re-elected with over 86% of the vote in October, 2020, Bo was further re-elected to the Speakership with support from both the left and right. He passed legislation to institute ranked choice voting; protect the rights of transgender inmates in prisons; establish the Department of Environmental Protection; promote health education efforts; investigate the Dixie Secession Plot; and enact of a land value tax. Bo forewent the Speakership in November, 2020, upon his election to the Vice Presidency, and he was succeeded by Miguel Wazowski in the post. Bo was re-elected in December, 2020, with 57% of the vote, against Ethan Matthias and, in his final term in office, passed legislation to raise Dixie’s minimum wage, and reform voting in the General Assembly. Refusing to seek election to a fourth term in February, 2020, Bo was succeeded by John Moonguy.

U.S. Senate

Dixie

Bo sought election to the Senate in Dixie in September, 2020, and faced the incumbent, Trash. Winning with 50.79% of the vote, Bo was sworn in to the Senate on September 10, 2020. Bo served as Senate Minority Leader in a caucus of just Senator Valerie and himself.

Notably during his tenure, he was briefly elected President pro tempore, in an act which would go on to cause Gavelgate. After partaking in the filibuster with Senator Valerie for 12 days, Bo became Senate Majority Leader in a joint caucus composed of Libertarians and Social Democrats to end the filibuster. Bo resigned from the Senate in November, 2020, and was succeeded by Ethan Armstrong.

Jefferson

Bo sought election to the Senate in Jefferson in July, 2021, and won without opposition, taking 74.62% of the vote. He swore in on July 15, 2021, and succeeded Valerie.

Bo resigned to join the United States District Court for Dixie, Jefferson, and Puerto Rico on August 11, 2021. He was succeeded by Sysadmin.

Vice Presidency

Bo was long speculated to be a likely candidate for Omarosa Sandoval’s running mate in the November, 2020, Presidential election, and it was announced on October 15, 2020. Running against the left-wing ticket of NotAName and XRT-17, on November 9, 2020, Sandoval and Bo were elected with 52% of the popular vote and 18 electoral votes to NotAName/XRT-17’s 11.

Leading the White House Coronavirus Committee, Bo successfully oversaw the distribution of 400 million vaccine doses nationwide and, under the Administration, the coronavirus was successfully eradicated in the United States. Furthermore, Bo regularly presided over the Senate, similar to that of both his predecessor and successor. When Sandoval underwent a medical procedure, Bo acted as President for five days in which he issued five different executive actions and, most notably, freed Salvatore Basile, an American hostage in China. Leaving office as one of the most active and influential Vice Presidents in American history, Bo was succeeded by Ian Bellinger.

Presidency

Election

Bo announced a campaign for the Presidency in the United States presidential election, March 2021 on January 27, 2021. He won the nomination of the Libertarian-Republican Party without opposition on February 15, 2021, and selected Senator Ian Bellinger as his running mate.

He ran against Senate Majority Leader Epsilon Leclair and Speaker of the House Rose McAlister, the nominees of the Left Coalition, in a contentious election. Bo won, taking 18 electoral votes to Leclair’s 12, carrying the states of Dixie and Puerto Rico, as well as the District of Columbia. Bo lost the national popular vote, taking 48.17% to Leclair’s 50.99%, becoming the only President since 2018 to be elected without it.

Tenure

Bo was sworn in by Chief Justice Thanos May on March 12, 2021. In general, his Presidency was marked by the revival of both the Libertarian consensus in American politics and the Libertarian-Republican Party in and of itself, with the party having its best election results ever during his term. He issued the most executive actions than any Presidency since 2018, and led his Administration sponsoring and passing more bills than any of the three Administrations which preceded him.

Specifically, Bo effectively abolished Medicare, Medicaid, and the federal public option in favor of a block grant to the states; increased the federal Universal Basic Income program; repealed the three strikes statute; repealed the Women’s Healthcare Act in favor of a conditional grant based on contraception and sexual education access; expanded apprenticeship opportunities; granted tax relief to workers’ co-operatives; and provided subsidization for employment vouchers. He and his Administration also dissolved the Department of Agriculture; gave $2,500 to every postpartum woman; offloaded uninhabited American territories; made Juneteenth a federal holiday; and allowed for the suspension of the provisions of the International Reciprocity Act.

Bo issued orders to establish the President’s Commission on Drug and Addiction Policy; establish the Office of Health Emergency Preparedness; end the Mexico City Policy; ban the usage of tear gas and rubber bullets by federal officers; audit the Department of Veterans Affairs; proclaim April 20 as Weed Freedom Day; extend Secret Service protection to numerous federal officials; break the Gilead patent on pre-exposure prophylaxis; expand opportunities for immigration from nations where LGBTQ+ individuals are at greater risk for harm or persecution; establish the White House Office of LGBTQ+ Youth Safety and Policy; reform criminal regulation promulgation; and stop; the United States' participation in the United Nations Security Council. His Administration also successfully renegotiated the Memorandum of Understanding with the People’s Republic of China, retaining their membership in the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty, and is regarded as one of the most internationally active Administrations since 2018.

To handle the oil crisis which came as a result of the attack on Saudi Aramco, Bo was one of the few federal officials to properly address the crisis and, through executive order, suspended a previous prohibition of fracking on federal land and opened American oil reserves, both successfully providing price decreases. He and his Administration, along with Representative Tedd Ddet, passed legislation to provide direct relief payments to low income Americans; expand the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program for the duration of the crisis; support both the federal and state governments weaning off of the usage of fossil fuels; and amend the statutory ban on fracking on federal lands to postpone the end cutoff.

Regarded as one of the most partisan Presidencies in modern history, Bo successfully enacted his Administration’s goals in both budgets passed in Congress despite objections from the opposition by playing an aggressive role in the legislative process. In April, when he did reach a compromise with the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives and Senate, they faced backlash from their own caucus, but Bo’s proposal, containing a massive reduction in the scope of the federal government with respect to healthcare, passed both chambers. In June, Bo submitted, in coalition with the Workers’ Party and Speaker Purdy, a budget containing no provisions from the Left Coalition majority in the House of Representatives, and faced backlash as a result of it. With the Left Coalition notably attempting to abolish the federal Universal Basic Income, which Bo sought to expand, Bo threatened to refuse signature on any other bills and, hours before a shut-down, the budget containing two minor provisions from the Left Coalition, and all of his Administration’s provisions intact, passed with Bo’s signature. When his nominee to be a Commissioner of the Federal Election Commission, Global Labour Party member Rose McAlister, sat in the Senate by proxy hours following her confirmation, Bo refused to sign her Commission, blocking her from taking office.

When Justice Yimir resigned in the middle of voting for the July, 2021, federal election, despite Congress being adjourned, Bo recess appointed his predecessor, Attorney General, President pro tempore, and Senator Omarosa Sandoval to the vacant seat, with him taking office less than five hours following Yimir’s resignation. On his third to last day in office, Dallas Evelyn attempted a coup in Puerto Rico as a result of the July, 2012, Presidential election results. In a response, Bo federalized the Puerto Rican National Guard and appointed Cabin Fever as Provisional Governor of Puerto Rico.

Bo was succeeded by Howard Elkridge, with his Vice President, Ian Bellinger, elected to a second term.

District Court

When the United States District Court for Dixie, Jefferson, and Puerto Rico was formed, Bo was nominated by President Howard Elkridge to be the Chief Judge thereof. Confirmed on August 10, 2021, Bo resigned from all other positions a day later to take office.

Libertarian-Republican Party

Bo sought the Federal Chairmanship of the Libertarian Party in November, 2021, and won against Aegeus Phoenix, taking 80% of the vote. With success in the December State elections but a general loss in the January Federal elections, Bo opted not to seek re-election and was succeeded by Howard Elkridge.

In July, 2021, Bo was re-elected to be Federal Chairman of the rebranded Libertarian-Republican Party without opposition.

Political Beliefs

Originally campaigning as a moderate, Bo is regarded as having drifted more partisan and more right leaning throughout his term as both Vice President and President, but has maintained socially liberal stances on topics such as abortion, LGBTQ+ rights, and racial equality, while being more right-leaning on the economy, welfare, and the size and scope of the federal government.

Personal Life

Married to his wife, Amanda, he has two children, Carolann and Henry. Bo’s primary residence is Edwards, Jefferson, but has a secondary residence in Arlington, Dixie.

Honors

Bo was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Sandoval on March 3, 2021.

Electoral History

Dixie General Assembly

August 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 52.96 +52.96
UL Trash 30.99 +30.99
ALC Andrew Blaze 9.51 -65.49
Independent John Smith 6.54 +6.54
LP gain from ALC
October 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 85.95 +32.99
UL The Owl 12.76 -18.23
Independent Marune 1.25 +1.25
LP hold
December 2020, DX-1 Assembly
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 57.47 -28.48
SDP Ethan Matthias 41.68 +41.68
Independent Poliman .84 +.84
LP hold

Dixie State Cabinet

October 2020, DX Secretary of State
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 57.24 +57.24
SDP Drunk 41.68 +41.68
Independent Marune 1.07 +1.07
LP gain from SDP

United States Senate

September 2020, DX Senate Class III
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LP Bo 50.79 +50.71
UL Trash 49.21 -21.72
LP gain from UL
July 2021, JF Senate Class II
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LRP Bo 74.62 -13.04
Independent Other 25.38 +13.04
LRP hold

March 2021 Presidential Election

Presidential Candidate Party Home State Popular Vote Electoral Vote Running Mate
Vice-Presidential Candidate Party Home State Electoral Vote
Christian Bo LRP Dixie 48.17% 18 Ian Bellinger LRP Puerto RIco 18
Epsilon Leclair GLP Jefferson 50.99% 12 Rose McAlister GLP Jefferson 12
Other/Write-in 0.84% Other/Write-in
Total 100% 30 30
Needed to win 16 16