Posted on 10/26/2026 3:50:17 PM PDT by Libloather
An unhinged North Carolina state Senate candidate live-posted his own armed standoff with cops Monday, posting alarming updates from the woods as he claimed officers were closing in on him.
Jonathan D. Miller, the Libertarian candidate for North Carolina’s 16th Senate District in the suburbs of Raleigh, was taken into custody Monday afternoon with no shots fired, WRAL reported.
Miller began posting Sunday night that he intended to take his own life — then gave live updates when cops showed up to his apartment in Cary, outside Raleigh, Monday morning.
Miller refused an order to keep his hands away from a pistol at his hip and then ran into some nearby woods, he told WRAL.
“The whole police department is chasing me with guns drawn. This should be fun,” he wrote on X after fleeing.
Miller posted that he “has six shots and the high ground” as officers closed in, adding that he hoped police wouldn’t find him but that a confrontation would be “a hell of a show.”
“I f—-d up and talked to the negotiator on the phone long enough for them to box me in. They have dogs so I’m probably done for,” he later wrote.
Miller, who describes himself as a carpenter and former small-business owner, is running against a Democratic incumbent and a Republican contender in the Nov. 3 election.
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Republican = Conservative
Democrat = Communist
Independent = Republican who swore he would never be Republican
Libertarian = Independent that smokes dope
It will be interesting to see what he “identifies” as.
Who else would want to be a politician these days except crazy and evil people?
Interesting character for sure.
Looks like the scientist that got choked out by the alien at area 51 in Independence Day.
AKA a whack job.
Did Ron Paul endorse this guy, too?
I only say that because people were making a big deal about Paul endorsing a Libertarian in Kentucky. I like Ron Paul, but could care less whom he endorses.
You mean Brent Spiner?
He’s an accurate representative for Libertarians these days.
well, it’s one way to get publicity for himself.
What an idiot
Sometimes the high ground silhouettes you against the sky…
“Top of the world, Ma!”
Ha ha. This is a funny thread.
Nice watch
We know what “high” ground he’s referring to.
Not much different than a 19th Amendment type that falls backwards while shooting a selfie on a cliff edge.
Philosophically, I will always be a Libertarian. But yes the Libertarian party is just Conservatives who smoke a ton of pot.
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