The artist said in a public statement that he will try to run for president while he continues to research his “Law and Justice in the United States” series of works.

The point of running for office, he explained, would be to educate his fans on the difficulty or ease with which a native-born American citizen can run for “the most powerful position in the world.”

He added that he hopes the investigation and his bid for the presidency inspires the “lied-to generation” to get more involved with politics and heed the warnings in Al Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth.

“I’m spending so much time in court investigating unethical attorneys and judges that I might as well find out what it takes to run for president while I’m there,” Vaca said. “Obviously, I realize that the biggest requirement is not intelligence or common sense—George W. Bush Jr. has proven that. Loads and loads of campaign contributions from interested parties is what is needed to win.”

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