Steven Ray Tickle
| Steven Ray Tickle | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Ray Tickle |
| Occupation | Carpenter |
| Known for | Starring in Moonshiners and Tickle |
Steven Ray Tickle, usually referred to as simply "Tickle", is an American television personality, known for his role in Discovery Channel docudramas Moonshiners and Tickle. Tickle lives in rural Pittsylvania County, Virginia, and is shown as working in the town of Gretna.
In 2013, he was reported to be a union carpenter and to have "lived in the Washington area for two years recently as a top carpenter while building the popular Clyde's restaurant near the Verizon Center downtown."[1]
In 2013, Tickle was also reported to be considering running against U.S. Representative Robert Hurt in Virginia's 5th congressional district as an independent.[1] In addition to his self-proclaimed candidacy for president in 2012, Tickle announced his intention to run for Congress and used an opportunity, in the form of an October 2013 interview with "Washington Secrets", to call Obamacare "crap".[1] He said he believes in having a system in which Americans have access to healthcare, but not in allowing federal officials to opt out of it.[1]
He was arrested for public intoxication in March 2013.[2]