STATEMENT FROM GOV. BILL WELD REACTING TO TONIGHT’S VP DEBATE
Oct. 4, 2016, Atlanta, GA -- The following statement was released this evening by Gov. Bill Weld, Libertarian nominee for Vice-President, reacting to tonight’s Vice-Presidential debate::
“It was a good debate. Wish I had been there. Unfortunately, there was a gaping ideological void left between two candidates representing polarizing tickets.
While unconvincing to those of us who have heard it before from Republicans, Gov. Pence presented a bit more fiscal restraint. But, he enthusiastically embraced a social agenda that makes most Americans uncomfortable.
Senator Kaine, on the other hand, rightly rejected the Trump social and immigration extremes, but is saddled with Ms. Clinton’s spending and tax plans.
That left tens of millions of nonpartisan Americans without a comfortable voice on the stage, a voice they would otherwise hear, and have, if the debates were not limited to the partisan extremes.”
