Adam Kokesh picked up 150 followers during August and has amassed 53,242 to date. Adam is the first Libertarian to announce for the presidency in the 2020 campaign and is 36 years old. Let's talk about Adam.
Adam's platform is pretty simple: Dissolving the federal government.
Upon his inauguration, should we elect him, he will issue his first and final executive order to "peacefully" dissolve the federal government. He will then resign from the presidency and assign himself the title "Custodian of the Federal Government." He would then assign "Custodians" for each of the departments of government who would then work to dissolve each of them.
That's about it folks. Adam Kokesh's presidency would be a very brief one but highly productive, depending on your point of view.
Like myself, Adam joined the United States Marine Corps and attained the rank of sergeant. That's where our similarities end. Kokesh served in the Iraq War and participated in the First Battle of Fallujah. While in Iraq, Adam learned Arabic. He also attained a degree in psychology Claremont McKenna College.
Upon his discharge from the Marine Corps in 2007, Adam became increasingly radicalized in his political beliefs. He became an active participant in the "Iraq Veterans Against the War" group, involving himself in various protests, flash mobs and acts of civil disobedience, including filming himself loading a shotgun in Washington DC and posting it on YouTube (which as you can probably deduce, did not end well).
Speaking of things that didn't end well, Adam announced his candidacy for president on January 16, 2018. By the end of that day, he was pulled over by Texas police twice, the second time being arrested for possession of marijuana and other "unidentified substances" as well as "tampering/fabricating" evidence in a police investigation.
Adam was no stranger to being arrested and jailed, as there are several other arrests on his rap sheet ranging from drug charges to weapons charges to "dancing a jig" outside the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Yes, I looked that one up. It is actually illegal to dance at national monuments in DC.
Some of Adam Kokesh's political positions are as follows: Government should be abolished; taxation is theft; is anti-abortion; and is an advocate of "self-ownership" in which each person owns himself.
In 2010, Adam ran as a Republican for Congress in the 3rd District of New Mexico. In the primary, he received nearly 30% of the vote. Adam also has a talk radio show called "Adam vs The Man" which is (or was) available in a variety of formats (podcast; web-access, Facebook and a brief stint on AM radio in NM).
In summary, Adam Kokesh is a fringe candidate, albeit colorful, and has pretty much a zero chance for the presidency and likely won't make much of an impact with the Libertarian ticket either. He does have a webpage setup for his candidacy.
His number of followers is impressive so he does have a small following - probably from his talk show. He only gained 150 followers over the past month so not much momentum has built yet.