GOP candidate for Utah Senate District 12 Linda Paulson seems in a YouTube video for her political race. YouTube.com
A rapping marketing campaign video by Linda Paulson, a Taylorsville Republican and self-described “superior” candidate for the Utah Senate, has gone viral.
The video has been extensively shared on social media by individuals who concur together with her political views and others who're throwing shade on the video that includes the grandmother of 49 grandkids.
The rap video, posted on Paulson’s Fb marketing campaign web page, notes her affinity for the household, the Structure and the Second Modification. The GOP candidate for Utah Senate District 12 says she’s pro-life, pro-police and helps free speech.
“Authorities applications ought to result in self-sufficiency and assist conventional household as the elemental unit of society. However in colleges they're pushing for brand new beliefs. Simply to make clear that’s a feminine grownup,” she raps, pointing to herself.
“I do know what a lady is,” she says.
The video was featured Tuesday evening on ‘The Late Present’ with Stephen Colbert, who stated, “There's a lot to unpack there. Initially, hey Linda, as a feminine grownup, have you learnt what a rhyme is? Historically, that’s a reasonably essential a part of the entire rapping factor,” he stated.
He famous that Paulson has 49 grandchildren and nice grandchildren, “and none of them know GarageBand?” GarageBand is a music studio app for Mac.
Colbert responded along with his personal non-rhyming rap: “Hey Linda Paulson, hear up proper right here. You've got the hip-hoppen-est advert this yr. I’m Stephen Colbert. The Structure is nice, and simply to make clear, as a comic I would like you to make extra songs, please.”
Paulson replied to Colbert on Fb: “Thanks Colbert for serving to unfold (half) of the marketing campaign message. Wishing you nicely.”
The video has additionally been featured on Fox Information, which says the video has obtained “blended critiques.”
A Nationwide Overview article stated the video is “a candidate for probably the most weird election advert of the 2022 cycle.” Nationwide Overview describes itself as “America’s premier vacation spot for conservative evaluation.”
On Fb, some followers applauded the rap.
A remark posted on Fb by considered one of Paulson’s supporters, Sarah Danielle, stated, “Your rap is totally wonderful and I really like each element! You're precisely what this world wants. Preserve being your superior self and ignore the mob fully.”
What does Paulson take into consideration her video going viral?
Paulson stated she’s making an attempt to maintain a humorousness. Her daughter, who wrote the rap, was discouraged by destructive messages posted on-line about her mom, she stated.
Paulson stated she chooses to take it in stride and has been excited that members of the family out of state are actually conscious she’s operating for elected workplace.
She stated she tried to encourage somebody who would carry extra conservative values to the Utah Legislature to run for the District 12 seat. On the ultimate day to file for workplace, nobody had come ahead.
“I advised my husband it’s an hour to go and I’m gonna go see if anyone else has signed up. In the event that they haven’t, I’m going to do it. He simply stated, ‘OK, OK, that’s nice,’” she stated.
Now the entire household is invested in her marketing campaign. Win or lose, it’s been an expertise of a lifetime, stated Paulson, 80.
“I really like household reunions, and that is sort of like that in a whole lot of methods. It’s only a distinctive expertise that we by no means anticipated,” she stated.
Her Democratic challenger, Sen. Karen Mayne, D-West Valley Metropolis, didn't return requests for remark.
Mayne was appointed to the Utah Legislature in 2007, following the loss of life of husband Ed Mayne, a longtime labor union chief. Karen Mayne, now Senate Minority Whip, gained election in 2008 and has served within the Utah Senate 15 years.
Mayne’s marketing campaign web site calls her “your voice of motive.”