GREENVILLE, S.C.— Dr. Jo Jorgensen, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, urges Minnesota officials to bring the officers involved in the killing of George Floyd to a speedy trial in order to stop the destructive rioting breaking out across the country.
“Justice delayed is justice denied,” said Jorgensen. “Due process, applied rapidly, will help to stop turning neighborhoods into war zones.”… Read more ...
John Stossel via LP.org:
Dr. Jo Jorgensen
… Read more ...We have a choice!
Next presidential election, we don’t have to decide between two big-spending candidates, neither of whom has expressed much interest in limited government.
Now, we have a third serious choice. This week, Dr. Jo Jorgensen, a psychology lecturer at Clemson University, won the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination.
Via Avens O’Brien at her blog:
… Read more ...On Saturday, I had the honor of nominating Vermin Supreme for our presidential candidate at the Libertarian Party.
After 4 rounds of voting, he lost, 3rd place in a tight race (our candidates require first past 50%, so we do multiple rounds until we have a clear choice.
L. Neil Smith, a Libertarian Science Fiction author and activist, posted the following statement on his Facebook page yesterday. Smith was actively involved in the early Libertarian Party and unsuccessfully sought the party’s 2000 presidential nomination, though the Arizona Libertarian Party placed his name on the ballot that year as the party’s nominee. … Read more ...
The Libertarian Party calls for murder and accessory to murder charges to be filed against the officers present at the time of the killing of George Floyd.
Libertarian Presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen issued the following statement: “George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis Police Department, plain and simple. The four officers callously disregarded Floyd’s pleas to stop and warnings that he was suffocating.… Read more ...
GREENVILLE, S.C.— “Donald Trump promised American voters that he would drain the swamp,” said Dr. Jo Jorgensen, who was nominated Saturday to be the Libertarian Party’s candidate for president. “But the swamp under Trump’s presidency is brimming.”
In February, Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2021, creating nearly one trillion dollars in new spending, every year, since he became president.… Read more ...
Former Congressman Ron Paul was the 1988 presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party. His two runs for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008 and 2012 brought notice to the libertarian movement. He published the following editorial on the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity site yesterday:
One of the few good things to come out of the government-mandated shutdown is that many parents have started homeschooling their children.… Read more ...
Dan “Taxation is Theft” Behrman, who sought the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination but lost at the National Convention on Saturday, sent the following message to his email subscribers:
I want to thank everyone for the good run and especially congratulate Libertarian candidate for President Jo Jorgensen and Vice President Spike Cohen.… Read more ...
Former member of the Executive Committee of the Miami-Dade County (Florida) Republican Party Souraya Faas is currently thinking about running for the Reform Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. As reported here, the party will nominate a presidential ticket June 13 at its National Convention online. Faas was running for the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination but fell short at the National Convention Saturday.… Read more ...
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Washington Times: Libertarians nominate psychologist grandmother to be presidential candidate
I’m looking forward to their August Headline: “Democrats nominate retired politician, grandfather to be presidential candidate”
On the “other” side of the one dimensional political flatline, CNN got triggered by the campaign’s use of the #I’mWithHer hashtag made famous by Hillary Clinton in 2016 and gave us this fabulous example of “spoiler effect” whining (prepare for much, much more of this from “both” sides of the rotten penny):
The truth about ‘I’m with her’ Opinion by Dean Obeidallah
Heavy.com… Read more ...
The Libertarian Party held day three of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention via Zoom Conference.
Videos of the event were uploaded to the party’s YouTube channel.
See the day 3 video below:
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