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From the Detroit News on September 29: “Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest. “Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every time it has made a presidential endorsement (three times we have […]

Detroit News | September 29, 2016 | Endorsement: Libertarian Gary Johnson for President  | Excerpts: “Today this newspaper does something it has never done in its 143-year history: endorse someone other than the Republican candidate in a presidential contest. “Since its founding in 1873, The Detroit News has backed a Republican every time it has made a presidential […]

Arvin Vohra | LNC Vice Chair | Mr. President, you told America today that a vote for Gary Johnson is a vote for Trump. As it turns out, you were only a tiny bit off.

Arvin Vohra From Libertarian National Committee vice chair Arvin Vohra: What you saw Monday night: a minor league debate, focusing on minor league ideas. By excluding Gary Johnson’s ideas, the debate missed: 1. Ending the War on Drugs, reducing violent crime. 2. Ending the Patriot Act, protecting privacy. 3. Shutting down foreign bases and bringing […]

Arvin Vohra | LNC Vice Chair | What you saw Monday night: a minor league debate, focusing on minor league ideas. By excluding Gary Johnson’s ideas, the debate missed: 1. Ending the War on Drugs, reducing violent crime. 2. Ending the Patriot Act, protecting privacy. 3. Shutting down foreign bases and bringing the troops home, reducing […]

From a forum of  undecided North Carolina voters who gathered to watch the first presidential debate, according to McClatchyDC.com on September 27: “Kae Roberts and Jay Eardly were leaning toward Hillary Clinton before Monday night’s debate. “By the end, they had both pulled away.   “John Kokos and Hank Federal were undecided going in, potential […]

In lieu of being on the presidential debate state, where Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson belonged last night, he live tweeted in response to points discussed.  Here’s a sampling of what he wrote: Trump and Clinton talked about bringing jobs back to the U.S.  Johnson’s response: “Free trade, not isolationism, is what will lead to more U.S. […]

From the Los Angeles Times on September 21: “Under a scorching September sun, Lauren McCarthy and Anthony Fraijo were unflaggingly chipper as they buttonholed Arizona State University students with one question: ‘Are you happy with the two major parties?’ “The two recent college graduates were looking to coax voters over to a third option, the Libertarian presidential […]

On Aug. 29, AdWeek described an ad released the prior week: “Funded by Alternative PAC, a Johnson supporter, the five-minute video promotes a movement called Balanced Rebellion, which…aims to match voters one-to-one with others who are disappointed in the major-party choices for leader of the free world…” “[The] political ad starring ‘Dead Abe Lincoln’ [tells] […]

From an editorial by the Richmond Times-Dispatch on September 17: “Few points in politics are undebatable, but here’s one that is: If the National Commission on Presidential Debates — which claims that its core mission is to educate voters — refuses to allow Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson onto the big stage with Donald Trump […]

From the Huffington Post on September 14: “A lot has been made over whether Libertarian Gary Johnson — who is on the ballot in all 50 states, has about 15 million supporters already, and is known as a socially liberal/fiscally conservative candidate — will get into the upcoming presidential debates on September 26. So far […]