Lincoln is running for president in 2020

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Lincoln is running for president in 2020

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Lincoln Chafee that is, the former governor of RI, if he gets the Libertarian party nomination. He's got a few issues though, such as an F rating from the NRA in 2015 when he was competing against Hillary and Sanders for the Democratic nomination.
Even if he get the party's nomination and changes some of his opinions again, (he'll just claim his opinions have evolved :rolleyes:) it's hard to imagine he'll be allowed to participate in the presidential debates.

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A fundraising website linked to the FEC filing states, “Lincoln Leads with TRUTH.
catchy. :roll:

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Chafee framed his jump to the Libertarian Party as a matter of principle, not opportunism, and explained that he didn’t join the party with dreams of a presidential run. “People always say, Chafee jumps from party to party, but I’ve always been fiscally conservative and socially liberal,” he said. “I’ve been very, very consistent… I was surprised how well the Libertarian Party fit when I moved to Wyoming.”

While Chafee holds some positions that are hallmarks of the Libertarian Party—he advocates a peacenik foreign policy, fashions himself a deficit hawk, and says he’s “passionate” about the Fourth Amendment—other parts of his record don’t exactly mesh with the limited government ethos. As governor of Rhode Island, Chafee received a “D” grade from the Cato Institute, a libertarian-aligned think tank, for his plan to increase taxes in order to balance the state’s books. He also earned an “F” rating from the National Rifle Association for his stances on gun control.

But Nicholas Sarwark, the current chair of the executive committee of the national Libertarian Party, welcomed Chafee’s conversion, and any presidential hopes that he fostered.

“He has experience running that race, he’s been elected, he’s got good instincts on a lot of issues that are important right now, like immigration and foreign policy,” said Sarwark. “The more the merrier, right?”

Should Chafee run, he may not be the only non-Democratic candidate seeking the unseat President Donald Trump. According to The New York Times, former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) "is expected to announce he is running for president as early as this weekend."

Chafee told The Daily Beast that he would be likeliest to jump in the race if there was tangible clamoring among Libertarian activists for him to make a run. The party chooses its presidential nominee at the convention, rather than through a traditional primary process, which could be a way in for an unorthodox candidate, though activists tend to reward candidates who put in the early legwork.
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Re: Lincoln is running for president in 2020

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If the Libertarians run Chaffee, that will only benefit the Democrats if those conservatives with the Libertarian lean think they have a viable Libertarian candidate and don't check his record. He would be a wolf in sheep's clothing.
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