October 8, 2015
Cyndy Brucato | MinnPost
Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul recently released a list of endorsements from state leaders, including those in Minnesota, many who used the word liberty or its synonyms to explain their support.
‘Republicans are not Libertarians’: interview of LPMN Vice Chair S.L. Malleck by Cyndy Brucato, political reporter for MinnPost
Clearly, liberty and libertarian are a favorite term for Republicans. In Minnesota, there’s even a Republican Liberty Caucus, chaired by Neil Lynch, who also has endorsed Paul. And the party has a component of self-described libertarian Republicans like former state Sen. Branden Petersen (another Paul endorser) and party activist Bill Jungbauer. The Liberty Minnesota political action committee states that its goal is to empower “liberty-minded voters.”
But do not confuse liberty or libertarian Republicans with actual Libertarians. I made that mistake — in a story for MinnPost that referred to Jungbauer as a Libertarian, capital L — and soon after received an email from S.L. Malleck, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Minnesota, who wanted to explain the distinction, and what’s going on with the Libertarian Party of Minnesota:
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