Johnson and Weld Take Off the Gloves in CNN Town Hall by Josh Guckert After months of remaining somewhat mum on the candidacies of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Libertarian candidates absolutely let loose last night on CNN. The question originated with host Anderson Cooper, who asked what Johnson meant when he said that Clinton…
Johnson Isn’t Perfect, but Trump and Clinton are Even Worse By: Elias J. Atienza Libertarian Republicans and liberty-minded Republicans need to look to Gary Johnson when voting for the presidency. Johnson may not be the ideal choice, as he is iffy on religious freedom, but he’s a proven governor who is fiscally responsible, socially tolerant, and…
Weld is More Libertarian Than He Lets On by Josh Guckert Since being selected as Gary Johnson‘s running mate, William Weld has been subjected to intense scrutiny on his ideology. However, he has noted that he has always considered himself a libertarian, and that since his time in law school, his bibles were The Constitution of Liberty and The…
by Daniel Stephens A group of prominent Republican staffers for party heavyweights like former presidential candidates Ron Paul and Rand Paul, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, late Senator and presidential candidate Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, George Bush and more, have formed a political action committee for the purpose of putting the Gary Johnson/Bill Weld ticket,…
By Brett Chandrasekhar On Tuesday, James Comey announced the FBI’s recommendation to not indict Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, despite laying out the case that she lied and broke the law. The candidates for the other parties reacted in various ways: Trump, as expected, was outraged, and complained about the rigged system: FBI director said Crooked…
Check the Johnson/Weld marketing. Do you see the word Libertarian? How about the new ad that’s spreading like fire on the internet? Nope, not there… I first heard the idea of the strict importance of Libertarians (especially) listing their party on campaign signs (and all other advertising) from David Nolan. “Name – Office – Party.,” David Nolan…
Yesterday, Gary Johnson and Bill Weld released a new advertisement that some are calling one of the greatest presidential ads ever. The two-minute video features both Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson and his running mate Bill Weld in back to back clips, finishing each other’s sentences and stressing their own records as successful, tax-cutting Republican governors in heavily…
Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee Bill Weld has some pretty conventional and logical suggestions for fighting domestic terrorism. His proposals involve working with Islamic communities to identify and route out violent extremism. As the Washington Post reported: Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts now running as the Libertarian Party’s candidate for vice president, called…
Libertarian Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson reiterated his pro-Second Amendment stance in light of the Orlando shooting in a phone interview with Reason Tuesday morning. “I understand how so many people can believe that if you restrict this kind of weapon you can prevent this kind of incident,” Johnson said. “But there’s just no evidence whatsoever…
In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Friday night, Mitt Romney, 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said that he will not rule out voting for Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in 2016. An outspoken Never Trumper, Romney has insisted that he will not be voting for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in November. With the…