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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMake that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee
Boston globePROVIDENCE Lincoln D. Chafee, the Republican-turned-independent-turned-Democrat who served as Rhode Islands governor and as a US senator, is now a member of the Libertarian Party.
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In 2013, Chafee joined the Democratic Party. But months later, amid low job-approval ratings, he announced he would not seek reelection. In 2015, he ran for president, seeking the Democratic nomination, but he failed to gain traction and withdrew from the race.
Now, Chafee is a member of the Libertarian Party. They are against capital punishment, pro-choice, against war, strongly for the Fourth Amendment, no torture, he explained. All these things that American has gotten away from.
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Make that four political parties for Lincoln Chafee (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jun 2019
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TwilightZone
(25,342 posts)1. He seems to have fallen for what they claim to be...
and not what they actually are.
Of late, they seem to be mostly Republicans who are ashamed to still call themselves Republicans or nutty conspiracy theorists. Or both.
rurallib
(62,342 posts)3. republicans that want to smoke dope
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)2. Yeah, I'm officially done with Chafee now...
Polybius
(15,235 posts)4. Him and William Weld are both strong supporters of gun-control
That is a major conflict with the Libertarian Party. Both can call themselves whatever they want, but they are far from Libertarians.
peggysue2
(10,811 posts)5. Would that be Metric System Chafee?
So, he's now a Libertarian. He running for President, too???
stillcool
(32,626 posts)6. I guess it's a news story
that he moved to Wyoming and changed his registration, although I'm not sure why. I always liked the guy. Hope he's having a great life