Posted on 09/05/2024 8:28:35 AM PDT by Angelino97
Libertarian Eric Joss, who was running in Colorado’s eighth congressional district, ended his campaign on Tuesday to endorse Republican challenger Gabe Evans after Evans signed the Libertarian Party of Colorado’s Liberty Pledge.
The Libertarian Party of Colorado announced Joss’ exit from the race in a live video on X that afternoon. According to the party, the Joss and Evans campaigns reached a mutual agreement in which Evans signed a version of the party’s Liberty Pledge which was negotiated between the two camps. In exchange, Joss threw his support behind Evans. The party further added that the decision consolidated “opposition votes” against incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo.
“This is completely in line with Chairwoman Goodman’s strategic vision of the Party,” said Jordan Marinovich, Communications Director for LPCO. “Joss leveraged the original GOP deal and existing pledge, negotiated, and moved the needle toward more liberty in Colorado.”
The party stated that Evans agreed to include a Federal Reserve audit as part of his two-year plan, support accountability measures for U.S. intelligence agencies, and work to repeal the War Powers Act and return authority to Congress, among other elements of the pledge. The full pledge signed by Evans is available here.
The Libertarian Party of Colorado announced the creation of its Liberty Pledge last year, with versions designed for state and federal candidates. It was born from an earlier “gentlemen’s agreement” between state Libertarians and Republicans, in which the Libertarian Party of Colorado agreed not to field candidates in certain races if Republicans nominated candidates whose views more closely aligned with libertarian principles. The initial outline of the pledge included over a dozen policy items, including opposition to a military draft, a reduction in foreign aid spending, abolishing the Department of Education, and pardoning Edward Snowden, among other priorities.
Libertarians are supposed to bleed support to help the Democrat win... Democrats have the sads.
I like this. It’s not right vs. left - it’s good vs. evil. And we know which party has 100% overlap with evil. To be sure the GOP has significant evil infiltration, but they’re not quite 100% corrupted.
One race at a time. Rinse and repeat. Don’t let up!
Good list, I thought it was going to be drugs and polygamy.
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https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4263369/posts?page=4#4
This is a good thing. The 8th would have gone red if the Libertarians hadn’t siphoned votes away.
This is a good thing. The 8th would have gone red last cycle if the Libertarians hadn’t siphoned votes away.
I like everything that Evans agreed too. Looks like a win-win.
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