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Libertarian Party Welcomes Refugees from the Republican and Democratic Parties

For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 16, 2016 It looks increasingly likely that Mr. Trump and Sec. Clinton will be the nominees for the Republican and Democratic Parties. Neither candidate is a friend to liberty. And freedom-loving Americans everywhere are deeply concerned. For quite some time, Pew Research Center polls have consistently shown that more Americans […]

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Huffington Post on Gov. Gary Johnson presidential campaign

Huffington Post Hill editor wrote: “If you’re a Republican who can’t stand to vote for Donald Trump, Gary Johnson might be your guy.” “…The way Johnson sees it, there’s a “vast middle” of the electorate that would be drawn to his socially liberal, economically conservative platform and turned off by the polarizing figures that are […]

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Reason and Richmond Times: The GOP’s Libertarian Party Option

​A column that originally appeared in the Richmond Times-Dispatch and posted at Reason.com made the case for why the Libertarian Party is ​the anti-Trump ​alternative for Republicans​​​.​ “So revolting do many Republicans find the prospect of having Donald Trump as their nominee that three in 10 say they would not vote for him in November, […]

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Exclusive interview: Gary Johnson calls 2016 a “tipping point”

Governor Gary Johnson Glenn Davis of IVN: [2016 candidate for the Libertarian presidential nomination Gov. Gary Johnson said], “There are literally millions of Americans today who are libertarians, but frankly don’t know it. Their beliefs align with ours, and they just need a political home. We must make the LP that home.” And Johnson is not […]

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Open Letter to Muslim Republicans

For Immediate Release Monday, December 14, 2015 Dear Muslim Republicans, I share your outrage and hurt at Donald Trump’s recent comments and policy suggestions aboutMuslims.Ishare your outrage and hurt that he still is polling well among Republicans. I share youroutrage and hurtthat we should even have to discuss such matters. But obviously we do. Freedom […]

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Secretive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade bill lets foreign governments and foreign special interests control American medical care, banking, the Internet, and even civil liberties

For Immediate Release Friday, June 19, 2015 Republicans howled when Nancy Pelosi famously said, ‘We have to pass [Obamacare] so that you can find out what is in it.” Now GOP lawmakers, who control the U.S. House, are following suit in their passage of a new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade bill. After rejecting an earlier […]

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Lawmakers and Silk Road investigators, prosecutors are the real perps

For Immediate Release Monday, January 12, 2015 Nicholas J. Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, released the following statement today: The Libertarian Party calls for dismissal of the unfounded criminal charges against alleged Silk Road founder and operator Ross Ulbricht, whose trial is set to begin tomorrow, and for the resignation of the New […]

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Illinois Libertarians win ballot access fight

From an Aug. 22 press release by the Libertarian Party of Illinois: Chicago IL — Libertarians across Illinois are celebrating victory today as the State Board of Elections ruled to keep their candidates Chad Grimm for Governor, Alexander Cummings for Lieutenant Governor, Ben Koyl for Attorney General, Julie Fox for Comptroller, Christopher Michel for Secretary […]

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