Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, continues to improve in the polls. He has been averaging 8.5% in national polling against Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Johnson did very well in a recent poll conducted among Utah voters. In a new Gravis poll, Johnson received 16%, while Trump received 29% and Clinton 26%. “Other”…
Yesterday, Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE) slammed Governor Gary Johnson, the Libertarian Party presidential nominee, on Twitter. This comes after he said he would consider voting for the Libertarian Party ticket and announced he would not be voting for either Trump or Clinton. Notes for October:Johnson is pro-abortion, pro-exec overreach, bad on religious liberty & naive…
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton may be on the opposite sides of the political spectrum, but they are both the same when it comes to violating your right to privacy. The right to be secure in your person and effects is one of our most important rights, enshrined in the Constitution, and cannot be violated in…
I am a libertarian. While I’m not as libertarian as many who hold that label, I am still much more libertarian than Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. And so is Gary Johnson. The argument that my fellow TLR writer Lee Enochs lays out for not voting for Gary Johnson is that he is not sufficiently…
Austin Petersen and Gary Johnson seemed to bury the hatchet (or should I say flintlock) today on Twitter. Johnson acknowledged that Petersen gave him a tough fight for the Libertarian presidential nomination. https://twitter.com/GovGaryJohnson/status/737676713182646272 Petersen responded on Twitter a short-time later. You're welcome, sir. And congratulations again. Now to take the fight to Trump and Hillary! — 🥷🦅Austin…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) wants Congress to vote on the use of military force against ISIS. He is planning on introducing an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017 that would end the Obama administration’s use of the Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) of 2001 and 2003 to combat ISIS. “We will…
Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced several amendments into the National Defense Authorization Act of 2017, one which would do away with the draft and another that would release the redacted sections of the 9/11 Commission Report. The amendment would repeal the Military Selective Service Act, which makes all eligible males between the ages of 18-26…
Veterans Affair Secretary Robert McDonald compared the time veterans wait to receive healthcare at the VA to the waiting times at Disney World. He said that his agency shouldn’t use wait times as a measure of success because Disney doesn’t. “When you go to Disney, do they measure the number of hours you wait in…
I support Gary Johnson for the LP nomination because I want a candidate who has experience and a solid record of making an impact. I realize he isn’t perfect and I don’t support some of his platform, but he is the best damn choice we have. Unlike the rest of the LP candidates, Johnson is…
Gary Johnson, the former Governor of New Mexico, is used to relying on his record. He is the only one with political experience in the LP race, after all. But is his record up to par with what he says? Not according to an article by James Spiller in the National Review. When Johnson first…