The new candidate stepped up to the mic to address the crowd

The assembled group was sparse as anyone with a dissenting opinion was disallowed

The media all trained their cameras on this individual in eager anticipation

Staring out from the podium the candidate began to speak. “Hello my name is Victor Variant and I’m controlling this election with or without your cooperation”

“I’ve heard all the spiels from the previous elected officials and frankly they know nothing about me”

“Oh, they ordered up jabs, masks and lock downs. They’ve flattened the curve, closed down schools, businesses and blamed every death in the last two years on my killing spree”

“But I will tell you this. I’m going to be involved in every world wide event both current and future and the outlook is dim”

“My goal is adding to the desperation of the global population and keep everyone’s eyes vacant and their expressions grim”

“I was created by evil people in a restricted lab to control the populace as dictated by their fluctuating science”

“Now handcuffed by my own ever morphing power, the best these small-minded individuals can accomplish is issue weekly data, new restrictive laws and with the help of inept leadership order compliance”

“I won’t need a running mate for I’ll be around as long as I’m able to mutate”

“I’m sure the candidates will all line up for the primaries and present their meager ideas during a televised debate”

“I won’t have to say one word, one cough from me and like Afghanistan, it’s everyman for himself as they scramble for the door”

“Let me be on record to promise I’ll do my job of ridding the planet of the ignorant, the elderly and the poor”

“We’ll be able to start a new world inhabited by those few that emerged unscathed and managed to survive”

“Just like roaches under a rock, this group will be able take over the former infrastructure, reproduce and thrive”

“The new world will be ruled by a very few elites living in a protected bubble but most will exist in the ant colony their life most resembled”

“Those in power can then set their own rules about how society is regulated and assembled”

“So just remember on election day, it doesn’t matter whether you vote for a conservative or one who has awoken”

“A vote for whoever is a vote for me, Victor Variant, as together we will Make A Mandate Better Again”