When the Libertarian Party recently invited Donald Trump to speak at its annual convention later this month, the move sparked plenty of outrage inside the partyand a lot of intrigue outside it.
The idea that I completely wrote the GOP off only to have Trump follow me into the Libertarian Party really upsets me and upsets a lot of people, Jonathan Casey, whose involvement in Libertarian Party politics dates back to 2016, told The Dispatch.
Until the Trump invitation, the Libertarian Party had mostly been an afterthought for outside observers in the 2024 presidential campaign, but it shouldnt have been. Whoever wins the partys nomination for president later this month at the Libertarian National Convention will be on the ballot in at least 37 states, including the battlegrounds of Arizona, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Nevada. The last two presidential election were decided by a few states where the victor prevailed by less than 1 percentage point, so its plausible the Libertarian candidate could sway the outcomeeven if he falls short of winning the 3.3 percent of the national popular vote won by 2016 Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson or the 1.2 percent of the popular vote garnered by 2020 nominee Jo Jorgenson.
So why, exactly, did a minor party whose raison dtre is to reject the two major parties invite the presumptive GOP nominee to potentially overshadow the convention where Libertarian Party delegates will pick their own presidential nominee? That is a hotly contested question within a Libertarian Party that is deeply divided between two factionsthe Mises Caucus and the Classical Liberal Caucus.
The Trump invitation is absolutely designed to discourage anybody who would challenge [the Mises Caucus] from showing up, said Casey, who serves as chair of the Classical Liberal Caucus. Moreover, Joshua Eakle, a classical liberal who served as Tennessee state party chairman until 2021, worries that if Rectenwald wins the Libertarian Party nomination, he could theoretically suspend his campaign, either immediately after being endorsed or, say, before the election and endorse Trump.
The difference between Trump and Biden is like the difference between stomach cancer and pancreatic cancer. You definitely dont want either one, but one might kill you a little slower, Harris said, before identifying Trump as maybe the less-bad cancer.
What the fuck is libertarian about Donald Trump?Pedophilia.
What the fuck is libertarian about Donald Trump?Everything. Libertarians are conservatives that want the businesses to run everything instead of something that has the literal label of "the government", and while an utterly incompetent one he is a businessman.
What the fuck is libertarian about Donald Trump? This seems like it's just the party going mask off.Nothing. Which is why some libertarians are pissed off about that.
if Rectenwald wins the Libertarian Party nomination, he could theoretically suspend his campaign, either immediately after being endorsed or, say, before the election and endorse Trump.That is probably the entire point of this. Getting rid of the libertarian party would mean getting rid of the 3rd party most likely to draw votes away from the republican party. In a close election, that could make a difference.
The difference between Trump and Biden is like the difference between stomach cancer and pancreatic cancer. You definitely dont want either one, but one might kill you a little slower, Harris said, before identifying Trump as maybe the less-bad cancer.It's always nice when dummies say openly pants-on-head stupid shit like this, so you can immediately know to stop taking them seriously and commence pointing and laughing.
Libertarians are just embarrassed republicansAlso this.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumpification-libertarian-party-actually-hurt-064400410.htmlLibertarians have always just been Republicans in disguise.
Trump admitted he's just going there to beg the party to vote Republican:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lA1c_Xzmd30
What the fuck is libertarian about Donald Trump? This seems like it's just the party going mask off.
Libertarians have always just been Republicans in disguise.And very good at doing what obvious idiots tell them to do, so it's probably not that bad of a tactic.
Libertarians are just Republicans who like to smoke pot and think the age of consent should be much lower than it is. This is not shocking at all.Honestly, it's this. Talk to a libertarian and most of the things they're mad about are weed laws and that they can't try to bang middle schoolers, the absolute dumbest thing I've ever heard a libertarian say is that if there must be an AOC law it should be as low as 14 years old, and on other subjects. The government should pull out of Nato, the country should become isolationist even to states and that rather than prisons and courts cops should have a system in place where they arrest somebody and the system tells them wither or not they should execute them right then and there or let them go with a ticket depending on the offense.
Joshua Eakle, a [goddamn liar]
The government should pull out of Nato, the country should become isolationist even to states and that rather than prisons and courts cops should have a system in place where they arrest somebody and the system tells them wither or not they should execute them right then and there or let them go with a ticket depending on the offense.
Libertarians are just Republicans who like to smoke pot and think the age of consent should be much lower than it is. This is not shocking at all.
Nothing. Which is why some libertarians are pissed off about that.This right here, and in fact you can pretty much say this is the main goal of the Mises Caucus as a whole
That is probably the entire point of this. Getting rid of the libertarian party would mean getting rid of the 3rd party most likely to draw votes away from the republican party. In a close election, that could make a difference.