Ed sure could have used those 50,000+ votes the Liberterian candidate siphoned off.
I’m not a libertarian, but those people who vote libertarian are saying, “we don’t like the R or the D”. So it’s jumping to conclusions to think that any of those voters would vote for the R or the D, especially in great enough numbers to make a difference for either candidate.
Does the Libertarian Party lack the right to run a candidate? OF COURSE NOT!
Do individual citizens lack the right to vote for the Libertarian candidate? OF COURSE NOT!
If the Republican party wants some of those 50k votes, it bloody well has to EARN them.