Sep. 1—Sid Daoud had a normal start to his day on Friday, Aug. 9. He went to work, not expecting a night of political coaxing. When a plane arrived in Kalispell that afternoon to fly the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate to Bozeman to meet with Senate Republican hopeful Tim Sheehy and former President Donald Trump ahead of a rally, Daoud said that he was confused, but excited to talk about ...
  • Ciderpunk@lemmy.world
    111·
    3 months ago

    The Montana Republican Party paid for the Greens to gather signatures in 2020 to help them try to spoil Dem votes, so this is nothing new for Montana. The republicans there are known for funding spoiler candidates and those candidates are just happy to be getting money at all.

    • Socialist Mormon Satanist@lemmy.worldOP
      210·
      3 months ago

      And Libertarians actually take votes away from Trump. Libertarians like Sid Daoud. Which this article is about.

      From this article:

      “There is a perception, and there is a reason for it, that the Libertarian poses a big threat to the Republican,” Lee Banville, a political analyst and director of the University of Montana School of Journalism, said last week.

      • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        162·
        3 months ago

        Kinda funny to see a self-proclaimed socialist posting libertarian content. Trying to build some street cred to defuse the trolling claims perhaps? “Oh I’m a socialist, but really it’s all the third parties I care most about!”

        Maybe just pick a lane.

          • K1nsey6@lemmy.ml
            46·
            3 months ago

            Some people wont acknowledge the world has been burning and want to allow the people that set it on fire to keep doing so