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Libertarian Party of Colorado Partners with Kennedy Campaign, Will Place Kennedy-Shanahan Ticket on Ballot
Independent Political Report ^ | July 2, 2024 | Jordan Willow Evans

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: colorado; libertarianparty; rfkjr; robertkennedyjr
The Libertarian Party is fracturing.
1 posted on 07/03/2024 7:50:50 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Angelino97

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.


2 posted on 07/03/2024 7:56:16 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Angelino97

It can only help us-at least in Colorado.


3 posted on 07/03/2024 7:56:16 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Angelino97

They’re nuts if they think Kennedy is about liberty.


4 posted on 07/03/2024 7:56:40 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Angelino97
The Libertarian Party is fracturing.

supporting wide open borders is their first problem.

5 posted on 07/03/2024 7:57:41 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Angelino97
The Libertarian Party is fracturing.

As is the Rat Party. We should all help RFK, Jr. destroy the old Rat Party in the Deep Blue states.
6 posted on 07/03/2024 7:57:59 AM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Tells me the Libertarian Party there aren’t really Libertarian. They’re the “look at me look at me” party!


7 posted on 07/03/2024 7:59:39 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
I was giving 2016 Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson serious consideration, particularly in light of Trump promising more spending to do things "better than anybody's ever seen before".

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.

8 posted on 07/03/2024 8:01:47 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Angelino97
Way to go!

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.

9 posted on 07/03/2024 8:02:39 AM PDT by HandBasketHell
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To: Reily
There's always been a certain faction within the LP that tried to recruit Big Name Politicians. They were the ones who got excited about Bob Barr and Gary Johnson.

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.

10 posted on 07/03/2024 8:04:56 AM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Reily
Tells me the Libertarian Party there aren’t really Libertarian. They’re the “look at me look at me” party!

Not necessarily. For some of them, it is a rather of priorities of which is the crucial issue. For some Libertarians, bodily integrity is the most important, so no pro-shot policy is pre-eminent.

The Libertarian Party as a whole punted during Covid because half of them bought Fauci's line and made a horrible, horrible exception. There are two (plus) major factions in the Libertarian Party, they are either really pro-life (human rights for the unborn) or rabidly pro-abortion (none of government's business at any level). Some have freedom to smoke all the weed (or use any narcotic whatsoever) as issue #1, and others who don't want to police involved using it for an excuse for anything whatsoever but have it far down on their "To Do" list.

The party in organizes along a minimal government, non-aggression principle, but the reality sorts out very differently.
11 posted on 07/03/2024 8:10:54 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: 1Old Pro

I figured it was maturity


12 posted on 07/03/2024 8:11:04 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist! )
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To: Angelino97

Most of real libertarians voted for Republicans. Vote for Libertarian was always vote for “None of the above”!


13 posted on 07/03/2024 8:32:30 AM PDT by AZJeep
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To: Reily
You are not wrong.
14 posted on 07/03/2024 8:32:45 AM PDT by Sertorius (A hayseed with no Greek and dam^ proud of it)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

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.


15 posted on 07/03/2024 8:41:17 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Dr. Sivana

All the Libertarians I know their sole issue is free use of drugs.


16 posted on 07/03/2024 8:55:54 AM PDT by Reily
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To: gibsonguy

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.


17 posted on 07/03/2024 8:58:48 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Reily
All the Libertarians I know their sole issue is free use of drugs.

I listen to the Tom Woods podcast. He is a traditional Catholic libertarian leader. He is more Von Mises and Hayek than Tommy Chong and Woody Harrelson.
18 posted on 07/03/2024 9:02:22 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Sertorius

Was that their keynote speaker?


19 posted on 07/03/2024 9:15:42 AM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: gibsonguy

Yep, tying RFK to the libertarians hurts Trump, not the Democrats, and it makes the democrats reject RFK as an option.


20 posted on 07/03/2024 9:19:23 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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