{"id":2253596,"date":"2024-05-26T22:31:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chase-oliver-chosen-as-libertarian-party-nominee-for-president\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T22:32:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T02:32:21","slug":"chase-oliver-chosen-as-libertarian-party-nominee-for-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chase-oliver-chosen-as-libertarian-party-nominee-for-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertarian Party selects Chase Oliver as presidential nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchase-oliver-chosen-as-libertarian-party-nominee-for-president%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253596&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Political activist Chase Oliver has been selected as the Libertarian Party&#8217;s nominee for the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-on-trumps-claim-hes-disloyal-were-a-republic-were-not-a-monarchy-its-nobodys-turn\/\" title=\"DeSantis responds to Trump's accusation of disloyalty: \"We're a republic, not a monarchy. No one is entitled.\"\">2024 presidential\u2062 race<\/a>.\u200d After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/you-have-a-rendezvous-with-destiny-mr-vice-president-on-january-6th-vice-president-pence-will-choose-the-direction-of-the-world-for-years-to-come-like-thomas-je\/\" title=\"\u201cYou Have a Rendezvous with Destiny, Mr. Vice President\u201d \u2013 On January 6th Vice President Pence Will Choose the Direction of the World for Years to Come \u2013 Like Thomas Jefferson Did Centuries Ago\">final vote<\/a> on Sunday night that pitted\u200b him against &#8220;none of the above&#8221;, Oliver emerged victorious. Had he not won, the party\u200b may \u2063have faced difficulties in the November elections. Oliver won 60% of the final votes, \u200baccording to a Washington Post reporter. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-pressure-strengthened-desantis-decision-to-ban-biological-males-from-womens-sports-spox-says\/\" title=\"\u2018Woke\u2019 Pressure \u2018Strengthened\u2019 DeSantis Decision To Ban Biological Males From Women\u2019s Sports, Spox Says\">2024 presidential nominee<\/a> for the Libertarian Party is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-files-bill-to-defund-special-counsel-jack-smiths-salary\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker introduces bill to cut funding for special counsel Jack Smith's pay.\">political \u2063activist<\/a>, \u2064Chase\u2062 Oliver. The decision was made final on \u200ba \u2063Sunday night vote where Oliver won \u200cover &#8216;none of the above&#8217;. The party could have run into issues with representation in the November elections, had Oliver not been chosen. Oliver clinched the nomination with 60% of the votes, \u200dreported \u2064by\u2064 a Washington \u2063Post journalist.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Political activist Chase Oliver has been named the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/libertarian-party\/\">Libertarian Party\u2019s<\/a> 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>presidential nominee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final vote on Sunday night came down to Oliver or \u201cnone of the above\u201d after author Michael Rectenwald was eliminated from contention. If Oliver were not chosen, the party <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MerylKornfield\/status\/1794910165491450046\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>would have had complications<\/a> with their representation in November\u2019s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Oliver won the final vote with 60% supporting him, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MerylKornfield\/status\/1794915253589045349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>per<\/a> <em>Washington Post<\/em> reporter Meryl Kornfield. In his victory speech, he asked his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-attorney-general-eric-holder-says-citizens-need-to-take-to-the-streets-get-arrested-over-voter-id-battle\/\" title=\"Former Attorney General Eric Holder Says Citizens Need To Take To The Streets, Get Arrested Over Voter ID Battle\">fellow party members<\/a> to help him \u201cfight the war machine,\u201d including the \u201cgenocide in Gaza.\u201d He also demanded the Israeli hostages held by Hamas be released.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 Libertarian Chase Oliver, candidate for Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senate seat, is shown in this file photograph taken during a debate in Atlanta, Ga., on Oct. 16, 2022. (AP Photo\/Ben Gray, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neither presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump nor independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3018003\/trump-request-to-be-libertarian-nominee-shot-down-while-rfk-jr-gets-chance-to-compete\/\">made it through<\/a> the Libertarian Party\u2019s nomination process on Sunday. Trump did not qualify as he is not a member of the party, and RFK Jr. did not receive enough votes in the first round of voting to continue to the next round and was eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>First making his name by opposing the United States\u2019s war in Iraq in 2003, Oliver was the Libertarian Party\u2019s 2022 candidate for Georgia\u2019s U.S. Senate seat. He finished a distant third place to Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker. Oliver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.votechaseoliver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campaign website<\/a> touts the fact that he \u201cgarnered national attention\u201d from debating Warnock (with Walker opting not to attend\u201d and forcing a runoff between the Democrat and Republican.<\/p>\n<p>He says that he \u201cwants to bring a new vision to the broken two-party system as he runs for President of the United States.\u201d The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Oliver for additional comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a breaking news story and will be updated.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chase Oliver, a political activist, has been declared as the Libertarian Party&#8217;s presidential nominee for 2024. The decisive vote placed Oliver against a &#8220;none of the above&#8221; option after author Michael Rectenwald was ousted. Oliver&#8217;s selection avoided potential party issues for the forthcoming November&#8217;s presidential election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2734,"featured_media":2253597,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22301729882802.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP22301729882802.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2734"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}