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Libertarians pick first female presidential nominee
Fox News ^ | May 25 2020 | Paul Steinhauser

Posted on 05/25/2020 12:42:51 PM PDT by knighthawk

Newly minted Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen is touting that she’s the “freedom candidate."

“The choice isn't one or the other but the one that gives you the most freedom! Make the decision that benefits the most people and not some 'lesser evil,'” the Clemson University professor tweeted on Monday, two days after she was nominated by the Libertarian Party as their presidential standard-bearer in November’s general election.

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KEYWORDS: 2020; jojorgensen; libertarian; libertarianparty; libertarians
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1 posted on 05/25/2020 12:42:51 PM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Ross Perot is back!


2 posted on 05/25/2020 12:46:35 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: knighthawk

Ok that killed the chance of Libertarian Candidate being used to flip close races.
Never heard of her.


3 posted on 05/25/2020 12:48:19 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: knighthawk

She any relation to Christine?


4 posted on 05/25/2020 12:51:21 PM PDT by decal (I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
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To: knighthawk

What happened to Vermin Supreme?


5 posted on 05/25/2020 12:52:58 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: decal

You have to an old-timer to remember that one!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Jorgensen


6 posted on 05/25/2020 12:54:48 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: knighthawk
Jorgensen supports individual liberties and considers shrinking the government a major priority. She favors non-interventionism, free and open trade with other nations and promoting nuclear power through deregulation in order to reduce CO2 emissions. In terms of healthcare, she supports a free-market healthcare system over the current system or single-payer.[12][13]

In a Libertarian presidential primary debate Jorgensen said she would immediately stop construction on President Donald Trump's border wall and eliminate quotas limiting who can immigrate to the U.S. During another primary debate Jorgensen said she would "open up the borders" and blamed anti-immigration sentiment on disproportionate media coverage of crimes by immigrants. She argued that immigration helps the economy and the blending of cultures was beneficial.[14][15][16]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo_Jorgensen

7 posted on 05/25/2020 12:55:12 PM PDT by Pollard (whatever)
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To: knighthawk

Those voting third party in the face of what Dems have become will be morally culpable if Biden wins.


8 posted on 05/25/2020 12:55:28 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Pollard

Yes, the libertarians are for open borders, trespasser rights and climate change garbage.

They have become completely unacceptable for constitutionalists.


9 posted on 05/25/2020 12:58:40 PM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is communism)
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To: knighthawk
Cool this reduces LP influence on GOP votes, her down-ticket tailspin is going to genuinely hurt the LP nationwide.

Trump should be the beneficiary, clawing back PV in CO & MN & NV. If Trump got every Gary Johnson vote he would have flipped ALL 3.

331-207 in 2020 would, in my opinion, implode the Democrats for a generation. Pence may very well get Trump's 3rd Term, and the decision by LP to lay down their arms this year is a big piece of that puzzle.

10 posted on 05/25/2020 12:59:19 PM PDT by StAnDeliver (I don't owe you my freedom.)
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Libertarians are not for freedom despite their rethoric.

Their policies would lead to a world run by Cattle Barron's with hired guns.

They would literally argue points while the ship is burning and going down.

11 posted on 05/25/2020 1:01:17 PM PDT by desertfreedom765
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they say Ls are just disaffected Rs

the pothead Gary Johnson got 4.5M votes in 2016 - they’ll get around 10% of that (I hope) this round

some won’t vote ... but I’m hopeful with Trump’s SCOTUS picks of Gorsuch and Kavanaugh (plus 2+ more next term), and all these unconstitutional lockdowns from the chinese virus, they will come around.


12 posted on 05/25/2020 1:13:58 PM PDT by sheehan (DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
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No Trump supporter is going to vote 3rd party. I just can’t believe how tone deaf the LP has become. We are at a precipice in this country. If Trump doesn’t win in November, we’re going to be speaking Mandarin Chinese.


13 posted on 05/25/2020 1:33:37 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Pollard

Ok. Open the borders, but you must END the welfare system at the same time.


14 posted on 05/25/2020 1:50:50 PM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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To: knighthawk

“The choice isn’t one or the other but the one that gives you the most freedom! Make the decision that benefits the most people and not some ‘lesser evil,’”

This says all that needs saying. Every choice is a choice between evil and the lesser evil.


15 posted on 05/25/2020 2:00:38 PM PDT by DugwayDuke ("A man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest")
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To: knighthawk

She is for open borders. This “Libertarian” candidate will peel off votes that would have otherwise gone for Biden.

For once, the Libertarians will help Trump.


16 posted on 05/25/2020 2:27:54 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Menehune56
You have to an old-timer to remember that one!

Nah.

Probably required worshiping in the required campus "diversity" courses.

17 posted on 05/25/2020 2:35:45 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: sheehan

Don’t think so...Ls are liberals honest enough to admit they’re cheap.


18 posted on 05/25/2020 2:45:55 PM PDT by 556x45
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To: knighthawk

It is the liberal party, not libertarian.

Cannot wait for the hysteria


19 posted on 05/25/2020 2:49:05 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: decal

Surely you mean George!

Yes, it is still Lew Alcindor and Cassius Clay.

I also would not lose a lot of ‘sleep’ were they to try again to remove ‘Under God’ from the pledge solely on the premise that I didn’t ‘learn it’ that way.

And yes, REAL boys/men have a ‘thingie’, girls DON’T.


20 posted on 05/25/2020 2:51:58 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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