<div dir='auto'>Because he has directly threatened our convention, our members, their families, etc. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </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 5:12 PM, Sam Goldstein via Lnc-business <lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:<br type="attribution" /><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">Do we really want to start this nonsense? I will not cosponsor and will
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vote no if this becomes a motion. I am nere
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to get Libertarians elected to public office, not give attention to
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someone who will likely be out on the first ballot
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at Austin. Why give him more attention than he deserves.
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On 2019-07-10 20:04, Caryn Ann Harlos via Lnc-business wrote:
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> I will co-sponsor
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>
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> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 6:01 PM Joshua Smith via Lnc-business <
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> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>
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>> And I know it's heinous. I was typing too fast.
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>>
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>> On Jul 10, 2019 4:53 PM, Joshua Smith via Lnc-business <
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>> lnc-business@hq.lp.org> wrote:
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>>
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>> Good evening esteemed colleagues,
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>>
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>> I am currently looking for co-sponsors for my motion to censure
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>> Benjamin
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>> Leder. He is a candidate for our POTUS Nomination and has been
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>> spreading
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>> some pretty hanus stuff. I believe that as party leadership it is
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>> extremely
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>> important that we let the party know that we arent supportive of these
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>> actions.
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>>
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>> Motion below:
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>>
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>> To the Libertarian National Committee
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, Mr. Benjamin Leder (Texas) is currently running to be elected
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>> as
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>> the Libertarian Party's nominee for President of the United States;
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, Mr. Leder has continually engaged in behavior that goes
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>> directly
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>> against our core principles and is antithetical to the mission of any
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>> representative of the Libertarian Party;
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, He has made direct violent threats and approval of domestic
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>> terrorism against the Libertarian Party, including its National
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>> Committee
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>> members, conventions, candidates, and members of local affiliates, in
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>> cases
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>> not in self-defense, but in blatant aggression to achieve political
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>> goals;
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, As examples of the above, he has published articles, appeared
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>> in
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>> media, and posted on social media clear threats of violence and
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>> advocate
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>> of domestic terrorism on peaceful people, including calling for an
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>> "Oklahoma City style" ending to not only the Democratic and Republican
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>> conventions, but also of the 2020 Libertarian National Convention,
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>> thus
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>> putting in danger our staff, delegates, and family members;
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, He has made public, violent statements about killing peaceful
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>> people and "leaving their bodies in contractor bags at the curb for
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>> the
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>> garbage man";
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, He has called for members who support the official
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>> Libertarian
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>> Party position of being anti-war to be physically battered;
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>>
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>> WHEREAS, the Libertarian Party absolutely repudiates non-defensive
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>> violence and all aggression against peaceful people, and associating
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>> such
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>> statements with our Party defames its members and brand; and
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>>
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>> RESOLVED, That the Libertarian National Committee condemns these
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>> actions
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>> by Mr. Leder as completely abhorrent to the mission, platform, and
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>> principles of the Libertarian Party.
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>>
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>> Respectfully submitted,
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>>
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>> Joshua D. Smith, LNC At Large Representative
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>>
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>>
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>>
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>> --
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