Posted on 06/20/2024 5:22:35 PM PDT by Angelino97
Matt Loesby, Secretary of the Libertarian Party of Idaho and 2024 candidate for Idaho’s first congressional district, issued an open letter to the Libertarian National Committee on Monday urging the removal of Chase Oliver as the party’s 2024 presidential nominee.
In his letter, which was shared by Region 1 Representative Adam Haman with the LNC public list on Monday, Loesby cites Oliver’s positions on parental rights and medical decisions for minors, particularly regarding puberty blockers, as contradictory to Plank 1.5 of the Libertarian Party’s platform. He compares the use of puberty blockers to chemical castration, asserting that their effects are harmful to children’s natural development. Loesby believes this stance warrants the Libertarian National Committee’s intervention to suspend Oliver’s candidacy by a three-fourths vote, as allowed by party bylaws.
Loesby further points out that previous Libertarian presidential candidates, namely Gary Johnson and Jo Jorgensen, also held positions that he believes were contradictory to the party’s platform. He argues that their nominations were not challenged due to political calculations by the LNC at the time, which judged their campaigns as a net positive for the liberty movement. However, Loesby contends that Oliver’s stance on puberty blockers is uniquely egregious and harmful, potentially impacting the party’s future influence in a way unlike previous tickets...
While Loesby specifies that he’s writing as an individual and does not speak on behalf of the Libertarian Party of Idaho, he identifies himself as a party officer and one of the 300 delegates who voted to field no presidential candidate at the recent national convention. Idaho was one of several states that overwhelmingly voted to field no candidate after Michael Rectenwald was eliminated in the sixth round of convention voting, leaving the options between Chase Oliver and NOTA.
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It seems like the Libertarian Party is unraveling.
On the last ballot at their convention, 40% of the delegates voted for None of the Above (NOTA) — in other words, not to have a nominee — rather than vote for Oliver, who was the only candidate still standing.
Several state parties are urging Oliver’s removal or outright refusing to give him the line.
Some have formed a new Liberal Party.
It seems like the Libertarian Party is unraveling.
On the last ballot at their convention, 40% of the delegates voted for None of the Above (NOTA) — in other words, not to have a nominee — rather than vote for Oliver, who was the only candidate still standing.
Several state parties are urging Oliver’s removal or outright refusing to give him the line.
Some have formed a new Liberal Party.
Liberal Party to Convene for Inaugural National Convention in December
“It seems like the Libertarian Party is unraveling.”
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Have they ever been raveled?
It’s hard to explain your message when you don’t have one.
“We’re against everything else” isn’t much of a message
At least they could unify around candidates. Now they can’t even do that.
On the last ballot at their convention, 40% of the delegates voted for None of the Above (NOTA) — in other words, not to have a nominee — rather than vote for Oliver, who was the only candidate still standing.
Sounds like a very libertarian thing to do.
"It's not like anybody's going to die if we don't have a president." --Lucy Kropotkin
Libertarian here-registered. If the party dissolves it’s not good. It Trump breaks it’s leadership for nominating this guy the party gets what it deserves.
So if I read this right, the candidate is against the butchering of kids, whereas the Libertarians are for that.
But I may be off, as it’s next to impossible to predict where the Libertarians will stand on any particular issue (other than drug dealing).
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