<div dir='auto'>We have the right to, at the very least, protect our brand, and we have been historically bad about that. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Let's change that. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Joshua</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 10, 2019 5:25 PM, Caryn Ann Harlos <caryn.ann.harlos@lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Mr. Goldstein, ask Mr. Dasbach how useful it would have been had we made a statement about McVey ahead of time. That is the use. One nut could forever tarnish this party.<div><br /></div><div>-Caryn Ann</div></div><br /><div class="elided-text"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 6:21 PM Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>> wrote:<br /></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb( 204 , 204 , 204 );padding-left:1ex">Tell me exactly what a censure motion will accomplish. You stand a<br />
better chance of making him a martyr than silencing him. He will still<br />
appear at the convention, state debates and on the nomination stage even<br />
if you do succeed in passing this motion.<br />
<br />
---<br />
Sam Goldstein<br />
Libertarian National Committee<br />
317-850-0726 Cell <br />
<br />
On 2019-07-10 20:14, Joshua Smith wrote:<br />
<br />
> Because he has directly threatened our convention, our members, their families, etc. <br />
> <br />
> It's something that needs to be done to show we care about our membership. We can spend ten minutes on a motion, and still get candidates elected Sam. I promise. <br />
> <br />
> -Joshua <br />
> <br />
> On Jul 10, 2019 5:12 PM, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <<a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>> wrote:<br />
> <br />
>> Do we really want to start this nonsense? I will not cosponsor and will <br />
>> vote no if this becomes a motion. I am nere <br />
>> to get Libertarians elected to public office, not give attention to <br />
>> someone who will likely be out on the first ballot <br />
>> at Austin. Why give him more attention than he deserves. <br />
>> <br />
>> --- <br />
>> Sam Goldstein <br />
>> Libertarian National Committee <br />
>> 317-850-0726 Cell <br />
>> <br />
>> On 2019-07-10 20:04, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote: <br />
>>> I will co-sponsor <br />
>>> <br />
>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 6:01 PM Joshua Smith via Lnc-business < <br />
>>> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>> wrote: <br />
>>> <br />
>>>> And I know it's heinous. I was typing too fast. <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> On Jul 10, 2019 4:53 PM, Joshua Smith via Lnc-business < <br />
>>>> <a href="mailto:lnc-business@hq.lp.org">lnc-business@hq.lp.org</a>> wrote: <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> Good evening esteemed colleagues, <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> I am currently looking for co-sponsors for my motion to censure <br />
>>>> Benjamin <br />
>>>> Leder. He is a candidate for our POTUS Nomination and has been <br />
>>>> spreading <br />
>>>> some pretty hanus stuff. I believe that as party leadership it is <br />
>>>> extremely <br />
>>>> important that we let the party know that we arent supportive of these <br />
>>>> actions. <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> Motion below: <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> To the Libertarian National Committee <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin Leder (Texas) is currently running to be elected <br />
>>>> as <br />
>>>> the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, Mr. Leder has continually engaged in behavior that goes <br />
>>>> directly <br />
>>>> against our core principles and is antithetical to the mission of any <br />
>>>> representative of the Libertarian Party; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, He has made direct violent threats and approval of domestic <br />
>>>> terrorism against the Libertarian Party, including its National <br />
>>>> Committee <br />
>>>> members, conventions, candidates, and members of local affiliates, in <br />
>>>> cases <br />
>>>> not in self-defense, but in blatant aggression to achieve political <br />
>>>> goals; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, As examples of the above, he has published articles, appeared <br />
>>>> in <br />
>>>> media, and posted on social media clear threats of violence and <br />
>>>> advocate <br />
>>>> of domestic terrorism on peaceful people, including calling for an <br />
>>>> "Oklahoma City style" ending to not only the Democratic and Republican <br />
>>>> conventions, but also of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention, <br />
>>>> thus <br />
>>>> putting in danger our staff, delegates, and family members; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, He has made public, violent statements about killing peaceful <br />
>>>> people and "leaving their bodies in contractor bags at the curb for <br />
>>>> the <br />
>>>> garbage man"; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, He has called for members who support the official <br />
>>>> Libertarian <br />
>>>> Party position of being anti-war to be physically battered; <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party absolutely repudiates non-defensive <br />
>>>> violence and all aggression against peaceful people, and associating <br />
>>>> such <br />
>>>> statements with our Party defames its members and brand; and <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> RESOLVED, That the Libertarian National Committee condemns these <br />
>>>> actions <br />
>>>> by Mr. Leder as completely abhorrent to the mission, platform, and <br />
>>>> principles of the Libertarian Party. <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> Respectfully submitted, <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> Joshua D. Smith, LNC At Large Representative <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> <br />
>>>> -- <br />
>>> <br />
>>> * In Liberty,* <br />
>>> <br />
>>> *Libertarian Party and Libertarian National Committee Secretary *- <br />
>>> Caryn.Ann. <br />
>>> Harlos@LP.org <Caryn.Ann.Harlos@LP.org> or Secretary@LP.org. <br />
>>> *Chair, LP Historical Preservation Committee* - LPedia@LP.org <br />
>>> Call me at 561.523.2250 and follow my public figure page at <br />
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