‘I Don’t Support Mandates From Government’: John Stossel Interviews Libertarian Presidential Nominee Chase Oliver
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Libertarian Party Convention, asking delegates to vote for him, promising, “I will put a libertarian in my Cabinet!”
But Libertarians nominated Chase Oliver instead.
Unlike most political candidates, Oliver learned about the world by working regular jobs.
“My first job was dishwasher,” he tells me. “But then I did every job you could do….I moved into the world of logistics, moving goods from one side of the world to the other, and I got an appreciation for free markets.”
For my new video, I grill Oliver about what it means to be a libertarian.
“Someone who allows you to live your life in peace, free from government intrusion,” he answers.
“Don’t Democrats and Republicans basically believe that?” I ask.
“They love to talk the talk about freedom,” he says, “but they push government programs that invade your privacy, your business, your life.”
What about the poor and the helpless?
“Just because I don’t want the government to help people,” Oliver answers, “doesn’t mean that we don’t need to help people.”
He argues that private individuals will do a better job.
Two years ago, Oliver ran for the senate in Georgia, got about 2 percent of the vote, and forced a runoff between Democrat Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. When Warnock won the seat, some Republicans called Oliver a “spoiler.”
Oliver replies, “You can’t spoil something that’s already rotten. Approval ratings of Congress and the president are always below 50 percent….People are sick and tired of the two-party system.”
Recent polls suggest a libertarian candidate takes votes from both Biden and Trump.
Ben Shapiro criticizes Oliver, saying, “He supported the employer vaccine mandates…the least libertarian policy in human history.”
Oliver replies, “I don’t suppor
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