Eric Antisell

Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent New Jersey's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Antisell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Eric Antisell was born in Red Bank, New Jersey. He earned an associate degree from Brookdale Community College in 2011 and a bachelor's degree from Rutgers University-New Brunswick in 2013. His career experience includes working as a peer recovery technician at SOBA New Jersey.^[1]

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. defeated Susan Kiley, Tara Fisher, Inder Soni, and Eric Antisell in the general election for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr. (D)	57.5	106,238
		Susan Kiley (R)	41.0	75,839
		Tara Fisher (L)	0.7	1,361
	Submit photo	Inder Soni (New Jersey First)	0.5	947
		Eric Antisell (Move Everyone Forward)	0.3	534

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 184,919
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Incumbent Frank Pallone Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Pallone Jr.	100.0	30,534

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,534
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Sherry Euvin (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6

Susan Kiley defeated Rik Mehta and Tom Toomey in the Republican primary for U.S. House New Jersey District 6 on June 7, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susan Kiley	56.8	10,076
	Rik Mehta	26.7	4,735
	Tom Toomey	16.4	2,913

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 17,724
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Gregg Mele (R)

Campaign themes

2022

Eric Antisell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Antisell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am a writer, a former mental health and drug abuse recovery technician, an injustice prosecutor, and a theoretical natural philosopher. But above all, I am a resident of Central New Jersey—hopelessly inquisitive, just like you.

I am interested in the seed of growth-potential in each of us. I believe in Education as its Latin root: educere (to bring forth from within). I object to the use of force to elicit cooperation among peaceful persons. Minors uninspired to attend K-12 schools in San Francisco, California—for example—are peaceful, and District Attorneys like Kamala D. Harris are monsters.

If elected I would be the first member of either chamber of Congress diagnosed with Autism. I graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers New Brunswick in 2013 with a joint-major of History and Political Science and a minor in Organizational Leadership. I speak proficient Spanish, intermediate French and Italian, and elementary Russian and German. I'm now learning Polish.

I believe in Justice as Freedom; freedom for Each. Including Small Business Owners who wish to employ Indians (from Asia) with $100 to their name, on American soil. I believe an "Illegal Family" is one in which separation from a violent family member is immediately necessary. I oppose Federal mandates upon States to address the Public Health Problem of drug abuse—for example, States should be authorized under the 10th Amendment to regulate Scheduled Substances as they see fit, not as Federal politicians dictate.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

Each member of Congress can afford to devote 30 minutes to public engagement with constituents on-record, several times per week. I am doing so on my campaign Instagram account, instagram.com/antisell.nj, for 150 minutes per week. I will continue to do so for all 104 weeks of the term in the House of Representatives that I seek. This way, the national agenda is not simply set by Elites like the Speaker of the House, the Senate Leader, the President, or the media privileged to be the ones who can challenge them or suggest to them new ideas on-record. "One never knows from where the next great leap forward is going to come, or from whom." There are 330,000,000 of us. More Voices.
I propose a Clear New Deal. We must not place faith in The Democrats LLC to "take Climate Change seriously" vis-a-vis the Republicans. I do support taxing greenhouse-gas pollution. I believe in legalizing LSD-25 to help us cultivate at least 10 different "Steve Jobs" of technology to engineer reductions in greenhouse-gas levels in the atmosphere. These include next-generation power grids, next-generation nuclear energy, next generation meat and dairy alternatives, agriculture architecture, machinery to help Earth's inhabitants better adjust to the Global Climate that has already changed. Let us not just leave it to the algae and trees to break down the Carbon Double-Oxygen molecules in the air after 150 years of industrialization.
I have a Permanent Alliance with no one. I have faith in Rehabilitation, although in certain cases I believe the path to recovery is more straight-forward than in other cases. I believe the Democrats who are pro-choice on abortion can come to see they must necessarily be pro-choice on adult narcotics use and supply chains (which can be brought out of the profitable, unsafe, violent monopolistic de-jure underground). I believe Republicans who are pro-child-autonomy rights can come to love the G-Spot in the Rear that can prevent the Rearing of Unwanted Children, and can apply their objection to assaulting children as their parents "choose" to in hospitals seeking federal appropriations that perform nonconsensual, cosmetic foreskin amputation.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

That Unfeeling Nixon. Well, I guess he did feel some things, but nothing like what he could have felt if Pat Nixon gave it to him with a strap-on for once. He felt frustration with the "hippies" following the likes of Harvard Psychologist Richard Alpert and ingesting LSD-25, smoking grass, and protesting the doomed War in Vietnam. He didn't like "those moon-crickets" smoking "jazz cigarettes". I don't know if the Betty Ford Center advocates for the recovery of people who were in pain—personal trauma that could not be properly contextualized by the pre-frontal cortex of the human brain, perhaps because of activity in the amygdala or fear center of the brain, which perhaps, as Bill Wilson got the nerve to come to think in the 1950s, can prevent the Admitting of Problem(s) and the taking of a Fearless Moral Inventory, or perhaps fundamental frustrations that never arise to the surface, but rather remain buried under layers of internal conceptions in an environment wherein an internal world exists as well as an external one that we evolved as Social Animals to be able to navigate for survival and flourishing—and turned to Sniffing Glue , but Betty Ford lived through the 80s when that Other California Republican Mr. Reagan wanted to keep the powder-cocaine sniffing to his big-wig donors in the Southern State of Florida, and inadvertently through his lack of imagination about the Wonders of Market Action, gave us "cheap" crack-cocaine, and Cough-Syrup Rationing. Biden just as bad.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My biggest role model in life is Andrew Garfield. I have listened to and watched every interview he has ever done (except the ones after all the press junkets for tick, tick...BOOM!, you know what I mean if you know what I mean), and read with such blissful satisfaction every word that's come from his brain that's been recorded in print media. He has a heart as big as Jesus of Nazareth's, and I think Jesus would agree. He'd be like, damn, they don't know me like you know me, Andrew Garfield. Although, I think the two would disagree a bit about politics. Andrew Garfield said in 2015, something to the effect of, "Bernie Sondurs really resonates with me, but Hillary, wow, what history that would make, on so many levels." Because Jesus said, look, a carpenter comes into town, not particularly notable as a carpenter, can't get into the special Skilled-Carpenters' Union, that carpenter might end up being a "Scab" in the terminology of Bornie Sondurs and his Union-Thug Democrat supporters (some of whom being fellow Rutgers New Brunswick 2013 graduates as this Psychedelic Republican Eric Antisell, who sent your agent Joel Lubin some unsolicited fan mail with no obvious commercial value his Senior Year of studies there, as essentially, that student in class who has "the most interesting argument [the professor] believes he has ever heard" and insists "I'm right!"). And Hillary? She supports Fatherhood Nullification, like she does Motherhood Nullification? At least deadbeat dads don't invade their unwanted kids' nerve endings, or blood vessels, or physically alter their children in any way—they just go about their business, maybe going to a Hands-On-A-Hardbody type competition to win a truck somewhere around The People's Republic of Austin, Texas.

Another role model is Jane Aronson. Andrew vouches for her as a no-nonsense, no-f*ckin nonsense pediatrician and international adoption specialist. However, Jane is not the "voice inside my head".

Rick Doblin is a third hero.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

A SEPARATION (2011 film).

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Ability to fearlessly seek the truth. Humility to accept ourselves at times may be an obstacle to our finding the truth, or getting closer to truth. We often need each other. A U.S. Representative needs to represent everyone's voices as thoroughly as possible without devolving into the silly.

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

I am honest. I like people. I like learning. I know I was not born with perfect knowledge. I want to be proven wrong—sooner rather than later. I dislike nonsense when there are important things to be done. I do not fall for bullshit like many do. Frank Pallone attempted to "outsmart" me in dodging my question, time and time again, about safe, legal heroin use with a doctor. I documented it in uploads to instagram.com/antisell.nj (one upload is a 02:19 video, and one is a 00:39 reel).

I am loyal, like a wolf. I do not mind being a lone wolf. I'm the hunter; I bring back the goods. But I don't know when.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Make sure you read every part of the legislation you are going to vote on. Make sure you can explain how you are voting on legislation. If you are part of a Committee Hearing, don't just share on social media your 5-Minutes Of Fame at that Committee that day without sharing where those interested can watch the whole thing.

Don't be slimey. Be honest.

What legacy would you like to leave?

He really, earnestly took this 2-year term seriously. He did not want to have this title of Former U.S. Representative; he would have been happy to pursue his other interests without serving that 2-year term. There was no one else around for the job.

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

At Kindergarten graduation, June of 1998 at the old West Freehold School, when it was my turn to take the mic and tell God my plan for my life for Him to laugh at, I boldly proclaimed, "I wanna be the President...and a comedian."

I had no idea the scandal going on wherein Bill Clinton did the despicable in not standing up for Monica Lewinsky, which inspired Hillary Clinton not to stand up for Monica Lewinsky, but rather, to run for U.S. Senator for Wall St. In doing so, she became the candidate for President in the year 2008 with more Corporate Donations than all other candidates received, combined. When Obama got people excited because of yes his articulacy—which was not that much better than Dennis Kucinich's, in my opinion—but also the complexion he got from his biological father who rode an airplane to Hawaii and, well, put what Margaret Sanger would call a "dark-skinned" into his mama's Sovereign Body—which Obama would argue she can take and secede from Civilization and declare an Autonomous Zone wherein she could put Obama's skull into the equivalent of a vice (like in the 1995 film "Casino") and squeeze it until his future-President brains spew out, to be "scraped" out my the abortionist and placed into a Medical Waste bucket, from whence Little Obama would have no right to "pester" the adults in the room with any annoying indication of agony (i.e. screaming and crying), or have his demise as a fetal baby ensured through chemical poisoning.

Well, this Obama character who thought himself (a State Senator of Illinois with 2 years experience in the federal legislature when he announced his candidacy for POTUS) a 21st-Century Abraham Lincoln, wasn't gonna pull a What Do We Do With H.W., she got to be Secretary of State—enforcing de-jure discrimination against Africans who cannot afford plane tickets to U.S. soil, against "darkies" from elsewhere in the Americas, against the Asians with the cheap tire imports he slapped tariffs on and bragged about it. 2016.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I worked the front register at Wendy's the Summer of 2006 from June to September at the Freehold Raceway Mall. The guidance office at Barkalow Middle School said they would not give me my Working Papers until I turned 14, which was June 8th. I lied about my age so I could complete the on-boarding process and start as soon as I turned 14.

I was delighted to work with native Spanish-speakers. I was very serious about developing fluency in Spanish. I had bought 501 Spanish Verbs, a Spanish-English dictionary, Don Quixote in Spanish, and Mi Vida by Bill Clinton. It was an opportunity to learn whatever I would have studying Spanish as my single foreign-language option in high school, and more. It thus encouraged me even more to start studying French in high school, with the hope of being fluent in all 3 de-facto official languages of North American governments.

I quit so as to not interfere with my high school studies. Big mistake. I ended up not being able to find a job in 2007, when my legal guardians were trying to get me to go to Summer School, because I resented high school and did poorly there academically. I got C's and D's and a few F's in all subjects except Volleyball Class and French 1. I should have been able to start at French 2 after demonstrating my ability to pass on the first day of high school the French 1 final exam on Scantron. French 2 my sophomore year, yikes, a lot of tension between me and a very cool guy who worked in a building I simply did not want to be in, except in my first period class with a fellow male student I was fond of, and in my last period class with that student in it.

It was this 2007-2008 year of high school that I discovered myself to be "A Man's Man". I took this newfound clarity about who I was into the Burger King on Schanck Rd and filled out the tiny application on *a piece of paper*, as opposed to a 12-page internet application for BK Corporation. I wrote my cellphone digits at the top—like, "I don't mess around."

What is your favorite book? Why?

The audiobook for James Joyce's "Ulysses". It is like listening to a radio play—a radio play written by James Joyce.

If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?

Professor McGonagall. I don't want to be type-cast for too long as Slytherin.

What was the last song that got stuck in your head?

"Nobody" by Mitski.

What qualities does the U.S. House of Representatives possess that makes it unique as an institution?

It was intended to be The People's Chamber, as opposed to the Chamber representing the States' governments. I approve of its 2-year terms. I approve of its duties under the 12th Amendment.

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

We are failing to be educated and to educate others. There are far too few life-long learners in America. The other night I was at a gas-station convenience store. I looked at the people who were working there that night. Around my age, maybe 8 years my junior. I started crying. I was crying because I cannot even get a job like they have. I cannot compete in today's world. Not because they have skills I lack, but because I am literally not typical enough. And in America 2022, to be typical is to not be qualified to be a U.S. Representative.

Stop scapegoating immigrants. I am a native-born American who can't get a job because native-born and immigrant employers have equally bizarro-world abilities to gauge a prospective employee's potential.

I would be a great busser at a restaurant.

I would make a great cashier. ALDI USA told me they reviewed my application and they said I wasn't qualified enough.

Fine. I'll make my own industry.

If you are not a current representative, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

House Subcommittee on Health. Whereas: Drug Rehabs are often shams; Mental Healthcare is often ineffective; Psychiatry needs to enter the 21st Century and accept Psychedelics as Medicine; Insurance and Medicaid/Medicare are subsidizing Psychiatric Malpractice; we need to encourage Psychiatric Innovation; we need to point out that there is no medical need for the painful surgery on children that removes their foreskin for life, and that there are ways to keep foreskin clean like there are ways to keep one's eyelids clean. We have a Mass Mental Illness problem in America. Its expressions include assault, self-harm, addiction, and immense underproductivity.

House Subcommittee on Early, Elementary, and Secondary Education. Sex ed isn't working, look at all the paychecks to abortionists in America. Let's talk about Intimacy, not just "Pounding Vadj". Let's have a national forum for ideas to innovate how we become educated. Foreign Languages classes, wherein you learn 2 foreign languages besides your native tongue, grammar in all 3 languages, how to use those languages effectively through speaking, writing, and communicating visually and musically. Visual Literacy. Language Arts that include film and Multimedia. Example: RUSSIAN 101/GERMAN 101 (PROPOGANDA).

Example: SPANISH 201/LATIN 201 (ALMODOVAR/THE BIBLE).

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

Yes. Although I would accept a shorter one if Frank Pallone stepped down before November 8th and we had a Special Election in New Jersey this year.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

Do we need them on the President? If yes, then on Congress too.

We should have fewer megalomaniacal Americans, and reduce the magnitude thereof in those we cannot resist at the ballot box, which would render moot the question of term limits. Regular, on-record public engagement—try digital town halls—can expose reason for doubt in the justice of a public official's legal powers or power to be influential.

We don't have term limits on the Vice-President. This could be put to good use for stabilization purposes over the years.

Brett Kavanaugh should end his term.

If Rand Paul didn't make such a fool out of himself during Covid, I'd say, Rand, term limit yourself to 2 terms in the U.S. Senate, then run in the 2024 presidential election—on a ticket with Mike Lee. Now we're getting Condi. I'm sorry, you have to win an election, and you have just Zero Chance of getting elected, if you are in a debate against Amy Klobuchar or the opponent in your worst political nightmare Sherrod Brown.

Fine. If Justin Amash sucks it up and gets Governor Gary Johnson as his Vice-Presidential running mate, I'm still probably gonna vote Not-Neocon. You blew it, Rand. You don't have Asperger's like your dad probably would have been diagnosed with.

But, seriously, Rand Paul should term-limit himself if there is someone as much Not-Mitch McConnell as Rand Paul is, to free Rand up to do international, volunteer ophthalmology (removing cataracts from thankful patients in Central and South America, for example). There's a big world out there. You must...find an 'eir. To serve Kentucky in the U.S. Senate! Can Jackie from TX CD-14 pull a Bobby Kennedy in 2024? All the Students for Ron Paul phonebanking in New Hampshire agreed: she should run to be Ron's successor. Don't let your successor be like that guy. Jackie showed me a picture of him on her phone. Unless your successor is like that in his personal life, with good contributions to make to federal policy like Peter Schiff has.

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Justin Amash posted to Facebook explanations for every single vote he took for the 10 years he served, which he says helped him hold himself to a higher standard of consistency based on reason and anticipation of re-evaluation of past reasoning throughout his tenure of service. He came very close to having perfect attendance for congressional votes.

Both sitting representatives and candidates for office hear many personal stories from the residents of their district. Is there a story that you’ve heard that you found particularly touching, memorable, or impactful?

I know a man who was discharged from a Philosophy Prison, a New Jersey psychiatric hospital, to a homeless shelter in Asbury Park. I know a man who was detained by a psychiatric hospital, for profit, for wanting to commit suicide; he planned to move to New York City upon release and try to make ends meet as an actor. I know a woman with XY chromosomes who was forcibly removed from her residence on a stretcher because her parents said she was suicidal.

I do not know if any of them are still alive.

This is the world that Health Subcommittee Chair Frank Pallone knows nothing of.

Tell us your favorite joke.

Knock Knock. Who's there. It's Grandma! Grandma who. Woht do you mean? It's your Grandma. Open the door. Why did you just punch the door? Open up the door and let me inside, please.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Members of the House of Representatives need to be able to make amendments to legislation from the floor. Speaker Ryan was the first (in U.S. history, I believe) to prohibit it. Speaker McCarthy continued it, as did Speaker Pelosi. "No legislation gets a vote except through me, because my Party has at least one more seat in the House than yours does for the next 2 years."

Thus I believe it necessary for desirable policymaking not to let any of the past 3 Speakers of the House ever become Speaker again.

The Constitution says that all bills for raising revenue must originate in the House. What role would this power play in your priorities if elected?

Tax Consumption, not income, investments, or profits.

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