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| Subject: Via Anarcho-Capitalists' Forum: 5 statist positions that should make libertarians run from candidate Bill Weld Sat Feb 16, 2019 8:38 pm | |
| Editor’s Note: This article was first published on May 19, 2016. Following a report that Weld is exploring a primary challenge as a Republican against President Donald Trump in 2020, CR is republishing this article.
Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico and current leading Libertarian candidate for president, is set to name Bill Weld, the former governor of Massachusetts, as his running mate today. While Weld certainly has some fiscal conservative bona fides from his time as governor, he also has a statist streak that should give pause to libertarians, especially those who are delegates to the Libertarian convention. James Antle summed up whether or not Weld is a libertarian best, in a 2005 profile at the American Spectator. Antle wrote, “Does the strange combination of thorough economic conservatism and social liberalism make Weld a libertarian? Not unless libertarians also support expansive environmental regulations, gun control, and affirmative action.” Here are five statist positions of Bill Weld that should give libertarians pause.
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/5-statist-positions-make-libertarians-run-candidate-bill-weld/ |
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