For Immediate Release Friday, April 10, 2015 Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark released the following statement today: “Mere words are insufficient to describe my outrage over the murder of Walter Scott by a man in a police uniform. ‘A man was pulled over for an alleged traffic infraction and ended up dead on the […]
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Libertarian Party endorses Surveillance State Repeal Act
For Immediate Release Friday, March 20, 2015 Urges Americans: Let’s Get This Passed! The Libertarian Party endorses the Surveillance State Repeal Act (H.R. 1466) introduced by Rep Mark Pocan (D-WI), which would substantially scale back the surveillance apparatus of the U.S. government. Nicholas Sarwark, LP Chair said, ‘The Surveillance State Repeal Act would dramatically improve […]
Republican tax plan leaves federal tax burden dangerously high
For Immediate Release Monday, March 9, 2015 Senators Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) – lauded among Republican politicians as two of their more ‘fiscally conservative’ members – proposed numerous changes to the federal income tax for which most working taxpayers would see little if any benefit. Their proposal creates two federal […]
Republican tax plan leaves federal tax burden dangerously high
For Immediate Release Thursday, March 5, 2015 The press release issued on 3/5/2015 contained errors. The revised press release is below. Senators Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) and Mike Lee (R., Utah) – lauded among Republican politicians as two of their more ‘fiscally conservative’ members – proposed numerous changes to the federal income tax for which […]
Libertarian Party Response to President Obama’s State of the Union Address
For Immediate Release Tuesday, January 20, 2015 Click here to view the Libertarian Party response to President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union address Full text of the response delivered by Arvin Vohra, vice chair of the National Libertarian Committee, on January 20, 2015: Good evening. I’m Arvin Vohra, vice chair of the Libertarian […]
Lawmakers and Silk Road investigators, prosecutors are the real perps
For Immediate Release Monday, January 12, 2015 Nicholas J. Sarwark, Chair of the Libertarian National Committee, released the following statement today: The Libertarian Party calls for dismissal of the unfounded criminal charges against alleged Silk Road founder and operator Ross Ulbricht, whose trial is set to begin tomorrow, and for the resignation of the New […]
Libertarian Party calls for shutting down CIA, criminal prosecutions
For Immediate Release Thursday, December 11, 2014 Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas J. Sarwark released the following statement today: “The CIA’s practice of torture confirmed by the Senate Intelligence Report released on December 9 shows the agency engaged in reprehensible and illegal behaviors that were, in effect, war crimes. “The CIA and politicians redacted the […]
Libertarian Party: Stop deceiving Americans with the term 'government shutdown'
For Immediate Release Tuesday, December 2, 2014 It’s a government slowdown , not a shutdown. If you read this Libertarian news release, yet continue to use the term ‘government shutdown’ in news reports, then you’re willfully deceiving the American people. News media commonly warns that a ‘government shutdown’ will result if there’s a breakdown in […]
An open letter from Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark to Sen. Rand Paul
For Immediate Release Tuesday, November 25, 2014 Dear Sen. Paul, Sen. Rand Paul We agree with you that Congress should obey the Constitution. We should never engage in foreign wars without a congressional declaration of war, a restraint on military action put in place by our Founding Fathers to ensure lawmakers never send our troops […]
Why your Libertarian vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4, is worth 100 times the other guy's vote
For Immediate Release Monday, November 3, 2014 Political leverage! Libertarian Party candidates have it in 2014 — IF YOU VOTE Libertarian. Why? Unlike the Democratic and Republican candidates, our Libertarian Party candidates for public office have one rock-solid issue — and a clear, powerful message. Our rock-solid issue: To dramatically expand and advance individual liberty […]
100% guaranteed-accurate election prediction announced
For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Today, Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark released the following statement: Libertarians offer the following prediction, which is 100 percent guaranteed to be accurate with zero statistical probability of error: No matter who controls the Senate after Nov. 4, nothing will change. Big Government Democratic and Republican politicians […]
Oligarchy wins. Kentucky loses.
For Immediate Release Monday, October 13, 2014 Libertarians suffered a major setback in their lawsuit against KET on Saturday. David Patterson, the Libertarian candidate for United States Senate, will not be allowed to participate in Monday’s debate. Judge Van Tatenhove issued a ruling against the emergency injunction filed by the Libertarian Party of Kentucky and […]