Posted on 05/29/2022 8:26:51 PM PDT by RandFan
The Libertarian Party held its convention this weekend in Reno, Nevada. In a huge shift in leadership, the Mises Caucus swept the floor and took control of the Libertarian Party. The #RenoReset is complete.
For those unfamiliar with the Mises Caucus or Libertarian Party politics, they can be best described as Ron Paul Revolution 2.0, the people who supported Dr. Paul in his 2008 and 2012 Presidential campaigns. The LP became a landing zone for many of Ron Paul’s followers after the GOP went to great lengths to silence Dr. Paul during the campaign. However, many grew tired of LP drama and seemingly self defeating messaging and became apathetic, or anarchists. Meanwhile, the LP swung left and into a ditch.
This news is probably not shocking to anyone following the LP but casual voters may need to be caught up to speed. After decades of disappointing presidential campaigns and zero mainstream media coverage, the LP needed a new direction and the Ron Paul Revolution needed an infrastructure to become influential in the political discussion in 2022 and beyond.
This shift has brought back the interest of many libertarian influencers to becoming active in the party
What does this change in the guard mean?
1- It means the Libertarian Party just got a lot less woke. As seen in the Tweet above, the new management got its momentum in response to how poorly the National Libertarian Party handled the messaging in the events of 2020. (Race riots, covid response)
Going forward the LP messaging should be much more relevant and noticeable to people on social media. Posts with only the party platform or pictures of random people with a membership card isn’t exactly a winning strategy.
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Good news that...
did they get rid of their open borders stance?
It’s going I believe, yes. The article mentions it
Finally a Libertarian Party I can consider voting for again.
Good to hear of the improvement
this is great news
This is good and encouraging news.
It soulds like the relativly sensible ones took over.
I had written off the LP for many years. They seemed to be Democrat Lite with some extra weirdness thrown in. I hope things go in a better direction.
Setting aside the trans/homos/pot-smoking aspects of the Libertarian Party, the present leadership failed on what should be the CORE FUNCTION of ALL libertarians, right and left. The Libertarian Party was AWOL when government entities from federal to local were issuing mask mandates, lockdowns, and lists of “essential” workers. During this wholesale steamrollering of essential human rights, the party leadership was focusing on widespread and improper seizures, the kind of thing you might do during normal times.
There HAD to be a complete turnover if the Libertarian Party was going to be libertarian again.
Vote splitters.
No
So,they gonna kick out the con men and grifters that have been running the party lately?🤔
Why they are the most entertaining and enterprising members of the party?
Are they bring back the blimp?
Not at all. Just a change in what grifters are on top.
They should become a wing of the GOP.
Wait and see.
I want to see if the changes are real, not just what they think people want to hear.
Thanks for the update!
I didn’t even know this internal struggle was going on. Does anyone know how the convention delegates were chosen? Was this change simply the result of old-fashioned legwork, and getting your people to the local meeting?
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