For immediate release
November 9, 2016
November 9, 2016
Arvin
Vohra, Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party released this open letter to
Democratic voters today in response to their candidate's decisive
defeat:
Democratic voters:
Do you know why the Democratic Party lost despite better organization and more money?
It's because you literally nominated an openly pro-war Democrat. (Obama at least pretended otherwise.)
The
current version Democratic Party is strongest in politically correct
parts of cities, where people are often more influenced by the fashion
of politics than by the substance. But the real Democratic voters, the
ones who have been Democrats for decades, are not really interested in
safe spaces and nonsense. They are opposed to war. Many of them became
Democrats in response to the Vietnam war and to Nixon's War on Drugs
(which is ironic, given that Democrats initially got the U.S. military
involved in Vietnam).
When
you nominated an openly pro-war "Democrat", that was frankly too much.
They could not support that type of person. And rightly so.
To
those anti-war Democrats: what do you do when a spouse mistreats you?
First you try to convince them otherwise. If that doesn't work, you
leave, and make them earn you back.
It's
time for you to ditch the pro-War "Democratic" party. Join the actual
anti-War party: the Libertarian Party. If the Democrats want your vote
and your energy, make them earn it. Make them pledge to end the War on
Drugs and end U.S. involvement in foreign civil wars. Libertarian
Candidates have already signed pledges to that effect.
And
to the anti-War left that has been missing since 2008: please stop the
hypocrisy. Democrats bombing foreign countries is just as bad as
Republicans bombing foreign countries. If you cannot hold your own
candidates the the same standards you hold Republican candidates, you
are either hypocrites or fools.
If you want to stop war, bring the troops home, shut down foreign military bases, and cut taxes accordingly, please join the Libertarian Party. Learn more at lp.org.
In Liberty,
Arvin Vohra
Vice Chair
Libertarian National Committee
Vice Chair
Libertarian National Committee
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The Libertarian Party was founded in 1971 and is the third largest political party in the United States.
The Libertarian Party seeks to expand personal freedoms, dramatically reduce taxes and government interference in the economy, and avoid meddling in overseas conflicts.