This Twelve Year Old May be More Interested in Politics Than You Are

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That’s Coreco Pearson Jr., who goes by CJ. CJ is a 12 year old student body president, super-fan of Ariana Grande, reader of Harry Potter, and watcher of the Hunger Games series . . .

CJ has been a die-hard Republican since age 8. And what’s even more remarkable about the fact that a young kid like CJ already knows where he stands politically is the fact that his parents are Democrats.

Robin, his mom, says that CJ’s dad, a retired sergeant major, is pretty sure CJ is just going through a phase. But four years kinda seems like more than a phase. And when CJ’s parents aren’t carting him around to important breakfast meetings, CJ spends around 40 hours weekly doing political stuff – either campaigning on behalf of GOP candidates, putting up yard signs, making phone calls, or even pushing his own legislative ideas onto his local/state representatives.

His hot button issue right now? To lower the age restriction on holding public office to 18 in the House and 21 in the Senate in Georgia, his home state. CJ is already itching to serve.

CJ started writing political blog posts at age 8 when he first realized his interest. . .But if you suggest to CJ that it’s rather odd that a young black boy would adopt the GOP as his party, he says, “I didn’t look at it as a race thing. For me, it was more about who really cared about your country.” (Read more about the boy interested in politics HERE)

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