Elder made the surprise comments on SiriusXM’s The Megyn Kelly Show on Monday January 30.

Elder said that he is not considering a run “because I want to derail Trump or DeSantis or anybody who decides to run.” He also mentioned the two main concerns that he wants to focus on, should he opt to run: “the centrality of having fathers in the home”, and “debunk[ing] this lie about systemic racism.”

Elder says he hopes that he, as a black man whose father grew up in Jim Crow Georgia, “can debunk [systemic racism] in a more passionate and I think credible way than maybe anybody else can.”

[Presidential primaries usually have a number of low-yield candidacies that intend to push the main candidates on specific issues. John Bolton’s public flirtation with a 2024 run likely falls into that same category. Neither man has ever won public office before, although Larry made a pretty credible run in California’s gubernatorial recall a couple of years ago. This is an American tradition, and it will be interesting to see what both men have to say and how the other candidates respond. — Ed]