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Jeremy "Spike" Cohen (born June 28, 1982) is an American activist,
entrepreneur, and podcaster. He is the Libertarian
Party's nominee for vice
president of the United States in the 2020
election, serving as Jo Jorgensen's running mate.[1]
Early
life[edit]
Cohen was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1982.[2] Cohen's father is Jewish, and he was
raised as a Messianic Jew including
having a Bar Mitzvah.[3]
At the age of 16, Cohen began
learning web design, and
subsequently built a successful business within a few years.[2][self-published
source] In 2016, at the age of 33, Cohen was
diagnosed with Multiple sclerosis.
He sold his web design business, and turned his focus to libertarian activism.[2][self-published
source]Cohen is a podcaster on Muddied Waters Media.[2][self-published
source] He purports to have named himself
Spike after the character from
the 1986 children's film My Little
Pony: The Movie.[2]
Career[edit]
Cohen speaking at a rally in Lincoln, Nebraska in August 2020
2020 vice presidential campaign[edit]
Main
article: Jo
Jorgensen 2020 presidential campaign
Cohen ran as the proposed running mate of
presidential candidate Vermin Supreme in the 2020
Libertarian Presidential primaries, and was actively involved in
campaigning.[4][5]
On May 23, 2020, Supreme lost the
Libertarian presidential nomination to Jo Jorgensen, but Cohen remained in the
race for the party's vice presidential nomination. Jorgensen showed a
preference for John Monds to
be her running mate over Cohen and Ken Armstrong,
but despite this, after three rounds of voting, Cohen defeated Monds with 533
delegate votes to Monds' 472.[6] As the Libertarian Party's vice
presidential nominee, Cohen became the first Jewish vice presidential nominee
of a political party since Joe Lieberman in 2000.[3]
Political
positions[edit]
Cohen asserts that his and Jorgensen's
platform is derived from the Libertarian Party platform. This includes reducing
the national debt by reducing the size of government, extensive criminal
justice reform and the immediate release of those incarcerated for victimless crimes, demilitarization of the police and
the creation of police accountability programs.[7][non-primary
source needed]
Cohen, an ally of performance artist and perennial candidate Vermin Supreme, ran on a platform promoting free
ponies, mandatory tooth brushing, "zombie power", killing
"baby Hitler" and
"baby Woodrow Wilson",
and promoting anarchy.[8][failed
verification] Cohen promised that should these
not be achieved within the first 100 days of his vice presidency, he will
resign and be replaced with Baby Yoda.[2][self-published
source]
After officially receiving the Libertarian
vice-presidential nomination, Cohen acknowledged that "The cheesy bread
and the Waffle House — that's all fun satire to bring people in. Then you hit
them with the actual message. The actual Libertarian message of self ownership
and non-aggression and voluntary solutions and property rights, and so forth."[9]
Personal life[edit]
Cohen has a wife, named Tasha, whom he
married in 2010.[10]
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