NOT THE ONION: A 13-year-old is running for governor of Vermont

Sure, why not:

Ethan Sonneborn is 13 and he's running to be the next governor of Vermont https://t.co/ulz7Nu40xs pic.twitter.com/ssTwFIHAB4

— CNN (@CNN) March 30, 2018

Vermont has no age requirement for the office, so it’s totally legit:

"Thanks to the fact that there are no state laws that require gubernatorial candidates to be a certain age, Ethan is officially the youngest candidate to run for that office in Vermont history." https://t.co/SVC6vSV9WM

— Kaya Yurieff (@kyurieff) March 30, 2018

Young Ethan is running on gun control, naturally. Via CNN:

“Ethan really did embrace the gun issue early on. He’s representing younger people and he’s been a good voice for them.”

Ethan acknowledges hunting is an important part of life in New England.
“It’s a culture that I respect,” he said. “But if it’s making the decision between letting my friends have a good time at a firing range and them possibly being involved in a school shooting, I’m choosing legislation to protect them from that school shooting.”

Sonneborn says part of his campaign is intended to disrupt the status quo.
“There’s always been a sense of, ‘We don’t talk about that in politics.’ That’s what I wanted to change,” he said.

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Ethan is also anti-Trump:

Call Disney, because this sounds like a movie of the week:

Is this a news story or a Disney channel original movie
either way I'm here for it ? https://t.co/4Gv3LIENii

— maggie penman (@maggiepenman) March 30, 2018

Hey, if Howard Dean could do the job, why not this kid?

https://twitter.com/DetDavidStarsky/status/979816234387570688

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