"The
ideal is that we use [the 2016 election] as a springboard to mass defections and
the destruction of at least one of the old parties," explained Libertarian
National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark. "It's time for the Republican Party
to fall apart and go away," he added. "Or the Democratic party. I don't really
care which."
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch at the
Libertarian National Convention in Orlando, Florida to talk about the recent
increased attention the Libertarian party has received over the past few weeks.
"Our vote totals and our vote floors keep rising across the country,"
says Sarwark. "We are in it for the long term, we are in it to win. It may take
two years, four years, 20 years, but we are not going away. And the old parties
are, frankly, dying."
Approximately 8:30 minutes. Produced by Joshua
Swain and Zach Weissmueller.
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