4um: Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination

In a day-long virtual meeting, after four ballots, the 1,035 delegates assembled for the Libertarian Party's online convention selected Jo Jorgensen as their presidential candidate.

She won with slightly over 51 percent of the vote (not every delegate voted in every round) on that fourth ballot, with 524 votes. Jacob Hornberger came in second, with nearly 28 percent of the vote. Vermin Supreme came in third, with 20 percent of the final vote.

Reason ran an interview with Jorgensen, a lecturer in psychology at Clemson who was the party's vice presidential candidate on a ticket with Harry Browne in 1996, on Thursday.

The party's voting procedure involved six candidates officially in nomination: Jorgensen, Jacob Hornberger, Vermin Supreme, John Monds, Judge James Gray, and Adam Kokesh. (Members could vote for other people if they wanted, or for none of the above, and many did.)

Jorgensen led the vote in every round, though she was only 12 votes ahead of runner-up Jacob Hornberger on the first ballot. As per the party's procedure, the lowest vote getter in each round was technically eliminated for the next one.

Kokesh was eliminated after round one, Gray after round two, and Monds after round three. Jorgensen's lead grew with each round, to 82 votes over Hornberger on the second ballot and a 126-vote lead on the third. Hornberger's support remained pretty steady, rising only to 285 from his first-round 236 votes.

Jorgensen vowed to "make this the most successful campaign we can" in a speech after the results came in. Runner-up Hornberger said in a concession speech that he "hold[s] her in the highest respect and esteem."

Joseph Bishop-Henchman, an at-large representative on the Libertarian National Committee who is running for its chairmanship this year, said in a written message on learning of her victory that "Jo Jorgensen has proven that she is a fighter, and will serve as a great contrast to the 70+ year old men she's taking on. She brought a remarkably diverse group of Libertarians together."

Jorgensen's vice presidential running mate will be selected in a second vote scheduled for tomorrow.

Like all doctrinaire big-L Libertarians, she's for open borders -- while lamenting that "Generations of Republican and Democrat politicians have failed the people of America. Together they’ve given us: ... An endless immigration crisis."

For the last 50+ years Republicans and Democrats have endeavored to extinguish the white race. Could a Libertarian do any worse?

repeal arbitrary quotas on the number of people who can legally enter the United States to work, visit, or reside.

which I take to mean criminals, those with communicable diseases and those likely to become a public charge could not enter legally. Of course, being Libertarian, there would be no welfare for immigrants or anyone else.

This was US policy up until 1924 and pleased the industrialists no end but not the general public.

What loophole? She wants to repeal immigration quotas, thus allowing no limit on the number of people "who can legally enter the United States to work, visit, or reside." Her qualifying the quotas she would repeal as "arbitrary" shouldn't fool anybody who's watched equivocating politicians murder our race and country the last 50 years.

Its a small loophole indeed. I suppose "arbitrary" might be another loophole. What Libertarians might consider arbitrary, others may consider reasonable and necessary.

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