CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CA (July 14, 2025) — Libertarians are not Republicans, nor are they conservative. In your latest issue, “Many local Republicans are not loud,” which I had expected to be about Republicans, the first two paragraphs discuss a Libertarian.

We Libertarians are as different from Republicans as we are from Democrats. For example, Libertarians believe in open borders, are against the ICE raids, are anti-war and non-interventionist, believe in the legalization of drugs, and believe in same-sex marriages.

As a matter of fact, in the latest election, the Libertarian candidate, Chase Oliver, was the first openly gay person nominated by a U.S. political party to run as a presidential candidate at the national level (a fact which most of the American press seemed to miss).

Please don’t put Libertarians in the same category as Republicans.

Pete Roget, Clayton

Related story: Many local Republicans aren’t loud, and urge moderation.

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