Редактирование: Ben Zion (раздел)

== Departure ==
On June 12th, 2020, the Transhumanist Party announced that Ben Zion was no longer the party's candidate for US President due to alienating much of the broad spectrum of political supporters, culminating in the [[Ben Zion Burger]] incident:<ref>[https://transhumanist-party.org/2020/06/12/ustp-reorganization/ UNITED STATES TRANSHUMANIST PARTY ANNOUNCES MAJOR INTERNAL REORGANIZATION AND LAUNCH OF THE CHARLIE KAM 2020 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN]</ref>

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The USTP hereby confirms the departure of Johannon Ben Zion (J. Ben Zion) from our organization. As the USTP and several other groups combined and reorganized, Mr. Ben Zion found himself better aligned with a more directly techno-progressive platform and has opted to head that initiative, leaving his capable running-mate as the USTP’s candidate. Accordingly, the Officers of the USTP have determined to release Mr. Ben Zion from any of his roles and affiliations with the USTP, as well as from any previous endorsements by the USTP. 
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Ben Zion provided his public response to these developments in a Facebook video on 25th June 2020.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/thebasiliskawaits/videos/1181737732186172/ "A response to the lab-grown human-meat controversy"]</ref>