Cheney, Walsh, Riggleman, & The LP

Plus Rick Stewart, Republicans try to kick Texas Libertarians off ballot, and Alabama runs record number of candidates.

The Libertarian Party tweeted the following after Liz Cheney’s defeat.

Libertarian Party @LPNational

Liz Cheney for Prison

Which got responses from former Congressman Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh @WalshFreedom

There was a time I thought about joining the Libertarian Party. I’m glad I didn’t. Because I believe in freedom. The @LPNational doesn’t.

Libertarian Party @LPNational

Liz Cheney for Prison

In response, the LP didn’t try to convince Walsh to reconisder.

Libertarian Party @LPNational

@WalshFreedom On behalf of Libertarians everywhere, we wholeheartedly accept your decision, and would like to recommend you join @TheDemocrats

Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

Denver Riggleman, a former Republican Congressman who was once described as “a libertarian outsider with a knack for free-market populism” by Jibran Khan of National Review and spoke at the 2018 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention, had this to say regarding the tweet.

Denver Riggleman @RepRiggleman

@LPNational Did a ten-year old write this? Embarrassing lack of cognitive abilities or life experience. Delete this account and get a job.

Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project provided a helpful suggestion to the new LP national Twitter team which apparently was soundly rejected.

Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson

Jesus, will you go get laid?

Libertarian Party @LPNational

Liz Cheney for Prison

If that is where it ended, it would be one thing. Turns out the New Hampshire Party had their spin on things a day earlier.

Libertarian Party NH @LPNH

Many cry foul when @RepLizCheney compares herself to Abraham Lincoln, but we will confess that she has lived a similar legacy of invasion and murder. If only she could live out Honest Abe’s entire legacy, including his love for the theater.

Cheney didn’t lose the Republican Primary because the Wyoming voters rejected her authoritarian stances. She lost because she went against Donald Trump.

Meanwhile in Iowa, the Libertarian nominee for Governor, Rick Stewart, caused a bit of a stir with a fundraising appeal sent out to Democrats.

Deidre DeJear @DeidreDeJear

FYI — If you want to help me beat Kim Reynolds, securing a governor who will put public dollars in public schools, defend a woman’s right to choose and listen to what Iowans want, donate directly to my campaign. secure.actblue.com/donate/rsletter @RickStewart

Stewart also appeared on Iowa Press this weekend.

Stewart is polling at 5% according to the Des Moines Register. He needs 2% to achieve major party status. In 2018, I was polling at 7% in the race, but finished below the 2% so it isn’t a guarantee; however, I believe Stewart is very likely to be the first Iowa Governor candidate in over 50 years to do so as there is a 17 point gap between the Republican incumbent Kim Reynolds and Democrat Deidre DeJear.

DeJear’s team really made a big error by releasing the letter and giving Stewart additional publicity for his race. Not sure how Libertarians will react to the stunt by Stewart, but I think at the end of the day, DeJear unintentionally hurt herself and helped Stewart.

Texas Republicans are doing their best to remove 23 Libertarians from the November ballot. Texas Libertarians say that filing fee requirements force them to pay for the primaries of their major party opponents.

@jocelynjoel#greenscreenvideo #abolishthesystem #DoritosDareToBeBurned #government #foryou #taxationistheft #government #classicalliberal #libertariantiktok #libertarianparty #libertarian #ballotaccess @Libertarian Party of Texas

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In Alabama, the Libertarian Party is getting good coverage for running a record 57 legislative candidates almost beating the Democrats who are running 62. The candidate recruitment was in a partnership with The Libertarian Policy Institute.