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Negative Press - McArdle Reverses LPNH Position

"Honestly, a lot of the content didn’t belong on official LP accounts, and did very little to advance our message."

Jake Porter
Aug 29, 2022
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After a couple of years, the Libertarian Party finally found a way to get national international mainstream media.

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State of the Union @CNNSotu
@GovChrisSununu tells @DanaBashCNN that "that should pretty much be the end of the Libertarian Party in New Hampshire" after the state party tweeted "happy holidays" on the anniversary of Sen. McCain's death and made a mocking reference to the Holocaust.
cnn.itSununu calls out ‘horribly insulting’ NH Libertarian Party tweets - CNN VideoNew Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu tells CNN’s Dana Bash that “that should pretty much be the end of the Libertarian Party in New Hampshire” after the state party tweeted “happy holidays” on the anniversary of Senator John McCain’s death and tweeted a mocking reference to the Holocaust.
4:40 PM ∙ Aug 28, 2022
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Brad Pomerance @bradpomerance
The horrendous tweet from the New Hampshire Libertarian Party mocking the #Holocaust was even covered by the Jerusalem Post. Words matter. Comparisons to the Nazi era are an affront to the 6 million and more who perished. jpost.com/diaspora/antis…
11:41 PM ∙ Aug 28, 2022
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They even lost the podcasters.

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Tim Pool @Timcast
This is fucking awful god damn
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Libertarian Party NH @LPNH
Happy Holidays https://t.co/ueTMW3Dgcj
12:18 PM ∙ Aug 26, 2022
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It should be noted that the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire appears to have caved under the pressure and deleted their tweet about the Holocaust.

This morning, Libertarian Party Chair, Angela McArdle released a series of tweets regarding the recent controversy over the New Hampshire affiliate’s tweets regarding the Holocaust and attacks on Meghan McCain for crying over her father’s casket.

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Angela McArdle @angela4LNCChair
Good morning everyone, it’s been a busy weekend. We’ve all seen the controversy from New Hampshire over the last few days.  While we all appreciate provocative messaging, the awesome work our party is doing every day to end the wars isn’t what made headlines this weekend.
10:01 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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Angela McArdle @angela4LNCChair
Honestly, a lot of the content didn’t belong on official LP accounts, and did very little to advance our message. The mission of our state parties is to tackle the unique challenges in their states and communities, and provide a libertarian perspective on newsworthy issues.
10:01 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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Angela McArdle @angela4LNCChair
Moving forward, LNC leadership will connect with our state parties so our messages have the most impact for liberty. The party has a ton of enthusiasm and we’re more energized than ever.
10:01 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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This is a reversal of what McArdle said just days ago.

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Angela McArdle @angela4LNCChair
Perspective: A week ago, people were celebrating Darya Dugina's accidental* death. LPNH is always going to push the boundaries on messaging. It's not for everyone. It's also just a tweet of a meme that's been circulating for a year. The more outrage you heap on it...
4:39 PM ∙ Aug 26, 2022
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Angela McArdle @angela4LNCChair
@HDN4ND @LPNH I have zero control over what LPNH puts on their twitter. I will also say McCain was a war criminal so I'm not personally offended.
4:31 AM ∙ Aug 26, 2022
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In January, McArdle promised to clean up bad messaging as Chair. Her position on how much control the national party should have over state affiliates is not clear.

Libertarian Party Vice Chair, Joshua Smith disagrees with McArdle (and yes this is his actual Twitter account).

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Couch Surfer @Ballsagna925
LPNH didn't go far enough tbh.
4:02 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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The comments have not been favorable to McArdle:

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Christopher @chrishudsonjr
@angela4LNCChair What concrete examples has your party done to end any wars exactly? Memes and podcast rants don’t count.
1:46 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2022

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Min Arch 4 Liberty-Andrea Holt @GVoter2020
@angela4LNCChair It didn't escape me that you liked the McCain post. What's changed?
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12:31 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2022

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Patrick Mitchell @TheBluesMan361
@GVoter2020 @angela4LNCChair Yes, the McCain tweet, while maybe a bit over the top, actually started a conversation on an important topic, but that one doesn’t accomplish that. There’s no deeper point being made, it’s just making fun of people who want the minimum wage increased and doing it in the worst way
2:49 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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TopLobsta➐ @toplobsta_
@libertydadpod @Jtodd601 @LivingDadJoke @AJAmmirabilis @Timcast @sourpatchlyds I'd rather fight w new Hampshire than the Texas LP
1:41 PM ∙ Aug 29, 2022

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Cincy Nomad needs football @CincyNomad
@angela4LNCChair Congrats on being the new Nick Sarwark.
11:18 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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Has McArdle upset the Mises Caucus enough that the are now turning on her or will state affiliates now start to fall in line behind LP National? What made her go from supporting the LPNH tweets to condemning them? Was it the negative press?

The LNC is at an inflection point. I imagine we will see very soon how they address their first major media crisis. So far, it hasn’t been consistent and shows a complete lack of leadership.

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