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by Hattie Bryant, Dec. 2, 2021 - Yog Nepal, Dr. Yog Nepal and Nabin Nepal is the same person
as far as I can tell. He has a brochure
that says he would like to be a Republican candidate for the Tennessee House of
Representatives District 59. About six
months ago I personally met Mr. Nepal at a meeting where someone, I have no
idea who, whispered to me that he is a physician who works at Vanderbilt. I was impressed and happy that he was taking
time on a Saturday morning to attend a meeting of Republican activists.
I believed the whisper.
Now that he has taken to crashing Republican meetings, I
decided to vet this man.
By crashing I mean he arrives at events without making a
reservation or paying the ticket price and begins passing out his
brochure. He was asked to leave the
Tennessee Federation of Republican Women state convention which was held in
October. The woman in charge of
reservations for a recent Nashville Republican Women luncheon meeting told me
that he was asked to stop passing out brochures and to leave because he did not
have a reservation. He argued that he
did. He was wrong.
Are you ready?
In February 2020 he created a GoFundMe account and on November 23, 2021 when I took this screenshot you can see that he has raised $2,210.
There are guidelines that must be followed by any person who
wants to run for office. Funds are not
to be raised without putting proper paperwork and organization in place. You
can see instructions for campaigns here:
Qualifying Procedures for Tennessee House of Representatives.
I called the Tennessee
Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance and was told it has no record of
Yog Nepal establishing a campaign. No person who wants to run for office can
raise funds until they go to:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/tref/documents/candidate-forms/ss-1120.pdf.
This form must be completed with the original filed with the
Tennessee Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance. If you are one of his donors, feel free to demand your donation
be returned.
What I have learned from veteran Davidson County Republicans
tells me that he is a poseur. My sources
say:
- At a fund raiser for a Republican candidate in 2019, Nepal
told the candidate that he, Nepal, is a cardiologist at Vanderbilt.
- At another event, Nepal told others that he is a
cardiologist at St. Thomas.
- He has told some that he is a veterinarian.
- He told one woman that he is a nurse.
- Facebook posts that have been deleted stated he holds a Master’s in
Physics & Nursing from Belmont University then a later post states he
has a nursing assistant certificate from Belmont.
Truth
is Vanderbilt and St. Thomas say they have never heard of Nepal, he is
not a licensed physician or veterinarian in the state of Tennessee nor is he a
registered nurse in the state of Tennessee. According to his own LinkedIn post,
he has worked for Lycra Mobile since February 2013. Another source tells me he works as a
security guard for Allied Universal.
Nepal has worked at Happy Retales Animal Rescue and I have
learned that there are no veterinarians employed there, only animal
technicians.
This photo from one of his posts shows him posing as state
vice chairman for the Tennessee Republican Party.
Scott Golden, chairman of the Tennessee
Republican Party, writes in an email to me, "He has never had an official or unofficial
role with the TNGOP…..I did check his voting record, he voted in the Presidential
primary and August Senate primary in 2020. Voted in the 2016 presidential
but missed the other 2 elections (Aug of 2016 and 2018) that would have counted
toward his unquestioned bono fide status."
This means he does not have the voting record
needed to be a bono fide Republican candidate.
Here’s an August 16, 2021
LinkedIn post. True, English is not Mr. Nepal’s first language and I suggested
to him that he take down the title he gave to himself which he has done so you
won’t find this today.In emails and texts between the
two of us Mr. Nepal has provided many documents showing that he has a great
deal of education and has told me that he has worked for years in
healthcare. After I saw this image I
asked him, “What Nashville healthcare organizations have you worked in? He did not answer that question. I waited three days and asked again, and he
did not answer.
Nepal is creatively building his brand by
nominating himself for awards. As a
member of the Bhutanese community, he has a built-in group of friends to cast
votes his way. I have written to several of the entities he is said to be
recognized by and have not heard back.
This happened to me during my first round of vetting Quincy McKnight (Link, Link, Link) who claims to do volunteer
work for foster children. Nepal and
McKnight are playing us.
Nepal and McKnight also have track records we
long-time Republicans don’t find appealing. We can trace Nepal back to being a
Bernie supporter and McKnight to Instagram President Trump bashing.
Mr.
Nepal says he is starting a home care business and I suggested to him that
he focus on his personal life and stop his pursuit of public office.
Let’s hope he takes my advice.
Hattie Bryant lives downtown Nashville and is active in civic affairs. You can learn about her at https://www.authorhattiebryant.com.
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