My name is Jason Rink and I've been canceled – for producing a film about the importance of free speech and due process. 

The 21 minute short documentary titled "The Most Canceled Man In America" is about a controversial internet streamer and political organizer. He is an American citizen who had a half-million dollars seized from his bank account by the Department of Justice. He was added to a federal no-fly list by the Department of Homeland Security. But to this day, he has never been charged with a crime. 

This film was formally accepted to the Anthem Film Festival at Freedomfest on April 26, 2022. It was subsequently removed from the festival schedule on May 19, 2022. 

My film was "canceled" by the organizers of the Anthem Film Festival and Freedomfest. I was told by the organizers that this decision was made specifically after hearing "from the highest levels at Reason, the Libertarian Party, the CATO Institute, National Review, FIRE, and MPI, people we respect."

The following is my statement regarding this incident.

WHO AM I?

Briefly, I want to tell you who I am.

I was first exposed to libertarian ideas during the Ron Paul 2008 campaign. I was the organizer of the largest grassroots Ron Paul Meetup in Ohio. I subsequently wrote a book on the life of Ron Paul. In 2010, I partnered with the 10th Amendment Center on the Nullify Now tour, a national event across multiple states focusing on how federalism and state nullification could be a solution to federal overreach. On that tour I made my first documentary, "Nullification: The Rightful Remedy."