Libertarians leave party to join GOP and push Trump toward fiscal conservatism

Libertarians leave party to join GOP and push Trump toward fiscal conservatism


Former Libertarian vice presidential nominee Mike ter Maat and dozens of other members of the third party have joined a caucus within the Republican Party, hoping to usher in fiscally conservative policies.

Ter Maat, 2024 Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver‘s running mate, left the Libertarian Party with over 40 members who have joined the Republican Liberty Caucus, a political organization working with the national party to promote limited government and free markets.

The former vice presidential nominee told the Washington Examiner that he switched parties because the “big political battle” over the next few years will be within the Republican Party.

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“That’s the fight that is really going to matter to public policy at the federal level, to politics at the national level,” ter Maat said

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