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This footage was filmed and produced 22 July 2020.Kasey Wells is a scrap-metal artist who lives in Lexington. At 41 years old Wells awakened one day and decided to act upon a "voice that had been in the back of his head' for years. It has changed his life. His travels across America have been ever so more fulfilling.One experience was so uplifting ' it involved meeting a group of 30 enthusiastic junior-high students from Minneapolis ' it helped elevate 2019 into 'the most blessed year of my life.'He is running for president of the United States.At the center of Wells' rather quixotic campaign is a piece of his own scrap art. He calls it his 'running mate.'It is a self-made, 11-foot-tall scrap-metal elephant ' an old Standard Oil fuel tank, hubcaps, a basketball backboard, 10 chrome vehicle bumpers, 77 door knobs, 20 tailpipes and much more, all welded into a fascinating configuration ' that he is hauling across America. 'I want to take back our country from the private interests ' the elephant in the room ' and return it to the public,' he says.Wells has campaigned in at least 15 Illinois cities, from Chicago to St. Elmo, a town near Effingham where he spent his childhood. He's tooled cities in Indiana ' Indianapolis, Terre Haute, Batesville, among them ' as well as more than 25 stops in Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut.Brandon Bates, author of the video, met Kasey Wells during protest in Portland. On this footage Mr. Wells tells about his platform that will allow people to give their voice and consent on all public policy of all levels of governments, explains his position and intentions and shows his artwork. (Footage by StringersHub via Getty Images)