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Posted on 07/03/2024 7:50:50 AM PDT by Angelino97
The Libertarian Party of Colorado announced Tuesday night that it has partnered with the campaign of independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. As part of this partnership, the party will place the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket on the Colorado state ballot.
In a statement shared via social media, the Libertarian Party of Colorado stated that its Board of Directors approved a resolution to partner with the Kennedy campaign as a way to strategically challenge the current two-party system and appeal to disillusioned voters in the aftermath of last week’s CNN presidential debate.
“The first presidential debate of the 2024 election highlighted major flaws and issues that all voters, especially unaffiliated and disenfranchised voters, have with the status quo candidates,” the party stated. “Now, more than ever, is the time to take bold action to disrupt the authoritarian duopoly machine.”
The party further praised Kennedy for sharing “many of the Libertarian Party’s core principles,” namely his commitment to civil liberties, free markets, and a non-interventionist foreign policy.
As part of the partnership, the Libertarian Party of Colorado will place Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Nicole Shanahan on the Colorado state ballot under the Libertarian Party line. In turn, Kennedy has signed the party’s Presidential Liberty Pledge to affirm his commitment to Libertarian values. The party said that the contents of the pledge will be released at a later date.
Regarding why it chose not to endorse Libertarian Party nominees Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat, the Colorado affiliate referenced an earlier resolution approved in June. In this resolution, the party stated that its decision not to support the national ticket was a reflection of its state delegation’s support for None of the Above in the final round of voting, adding that the ticket did not align with its values and strategies.
Did the Libertarian Party actually read Kennedy’s platform? Raise the minimum wage, increase spending and regulations. Hell, even his get tough on the border policy is not in line with the Libertarian position. The party really is a joke.
It can only help us-at least in Colorado.
They’re nuts if they think Kennedy is about liberty.
supporting wide open borders is their first problem.
Tells me the Libertarian Party there aren’t really Libertarian. They’re the “look at me look at me” party!
The #1 reason I voted for Trump was that Gary Johnson came out in favor for more carbon taxes. Call me crazy, but there's nothing small government about giving the government yet more ability to control us with more taxes.
Three-way race between MAGA, Dems, and Libs!
Dems and Libs will split the left vote.
Trump could actually win CO!
And won't the lefties SCREAM! Yeah, it was fine and dandy for them when Ranked Choice Voting had two republicans against one democrat in the House and Senate in Alaska in 22.
The idea is, that if they run a Big Name Politician, it will mean the LP are players, in the same league as the Democrats and Republicans.
I figured it was maturity
Most of real libertarians voted for Republicans. Vote for Libertarian was always vote for “None of the above”!
You are not wrong.
It can only help us-at least in Colorado.“
Wrong, this is a rat op. The L candidate is a far lefty who would draw from the rat base. The dem tools in the Libertarian party wanted Kennedy because they figured Kennedy running as a Libertarian would hurt Trump more than Biden.
All the Libertarians I know their sole issue is free use of drugs.
No he wouldn’t. We can disagree on who it helps/hurts. We’ve got nothing to lose so if he helps the rats nothing changes. Help us and they wet their pants.
Was that their keynote speaker?
Yep, tying RFK to the libertarians hurts Trump, not the Democrats, and it makes the democrats reject RFK as an option.
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