Jeremy Todd

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I believe in the grassroots, small donations from real, working people who want to bring our troops home, bring our money home, and send a big message to Washington donors: KENTUCKY ISN'T FOR SALE.

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I recognize that national defense remains a top priority for millions of Americans. Freedom is valuable, and throughout history, Americans have understood that preserving it sometimes requires sacrifice and a strong national defense. However, there is a clear difference between defending our nation and maintaining a permanent state of endless foreign intervention.Over the past several decades, our military industrial complex—along with the politicians and special interests that profit from it—has transformed America’s military mission from one of defense into one of continual global policing. Instead of focusing on protecting Americans at home, Washington has engaged in costly wars, nation-building efforts, military occupations, and interventions across the globe with little accountability and few measurable benefits to the American people.These endless wars and overseas operations have not made Americans safer. In many cases, they have done the opposite by creating instability, increasing anti-American sentiment, and expanding the number of enemies and conflicts the United States faces around the world. Meanwhile, American taxpayers are left footing the bill for a military empire that now costs well over $1 trillion annually, despite our nation facing historic debt, inflation, and economic uncertainty at home.The Libertarian Party is committed to restoring a defense-first approach to national security. We believe America should maintain a strong military capable of defending our country and responding decisively to direct threats, while ending unnecessary foreign wars and interventionist policies that drain lives, resources, and prosperity. As their candidate and your Congressman, I will work to end the permanent War State, reduce empire-building abroad, stop the reimplementation of the draft, and bring accountability back to U.S. foreign policy. By prioritizing peace, restraint, and true national defense, we can make Americans both safer and more financially secure for generations to come.

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I believe the problem in America is not guns, it’s a culture that has become disconnected, dependent, and increasingly taught to rely on the government for protection instead of personal responsibility and strong communities. Decades ago, there were more guns in American households than there are today, yet mass violence was exponentially lower. The issue is not law-abiding citizens exercising their rights. The issue is a society that has lost trust, accountability, and respect for individual responsibility.The reality is that no government agency can guarantee your safety. The courts themselves have repeatedly affirmed that police officers do not have a legal duty to protect individual citizens. That means every American must recognize a simple truth: you are your own first line of defense. I believe every responsible, peaceable citizen has the right to protect themselves, their family, and their property without unnecessary government interference.As a Libertarian, I fully support the plain language of the Second Amendment: “shall not be infringed.” Our constitutional rights are not privileges handed out by bureaucrats, they are rights that belong to the people. Law-abiding Americans should not be punished, restricted, or treated like criminals for choosing to exercise those rights. Instead of disarming responsible citizens, we should be focused on addressing the cultural decline, broken communities, and failures that lead individuals toward violence in the first place.I also believe many of the policies pushed in the name of “gun safety” have failed to make Americans safer. So-called “gun-free zones” have too often become targets for those who seek to do harm, while endless regulations continue to burden responsible gun owners rather than criminals. Americans deserve the freedom to defend themselves and the confidence that they are trusted by their own government, not feared by it.A safer America will not come from stripping rights away from peaceful citizens. It will come from rebuilding a culture of responsibility, freedom, strong families, and self-reliance: the values that made this country strong in the first place.

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For too long, Americans have been caught in a constant battle over truth itself. Government agencies, political operatives, corporate interests, and media institutions have increasingly worked together to shape narratives, suppress dissenting voices, and decide which opinions are acceptable for the public to hear. The result has been a country more divided, distrustful, and hostile toward one another than at any point in recent memory. When people are denied open access to information and honest debate, fear and manipulation rush in to fill the void.The Libertarian Party believes that free people must also be free to think, question, speak, and seek truth without interference from the government. Self-ownership means more than controlling your labor or your property, it also means owning your own mind, your own beliefs, and your own understanding of the world around you. A citizen cannot truly be free if powerful institutions are constantly filtering information, censoring discussion, or pressuring people into silence for questioning approved narratives.I believe Americans are intelligent enough to think for themselves. We do not need “truth police” deciding what information we are allowed to see or discuss. We do not need government agencies coordinating with corporations or media organizations to influence public opinion behind closed doors. A free society depends on the open exchange of ideas, even difficult or unpopular ones, because truth is not something handed down by authority, it is something discovered through honest conversation, debate, evidence, and individual experience.Under Libertarian leadership, there will be no government censorship apparatus, no manipulation disguised as “protection,” and no endless war against free expression. Americans will have the right to communicate openly, challenge institutions, share ideas freely, and arrive at their own conclusions without fear of suppression or retaliation. We believe transparency creates trust, while secrecy and propaganda destroy it.The real strength of America has always been its people. Millions of individuals with different backgrounds, beliefs, experiences, and perspectives contributing to a larger national conversation. Real truth cannot be manufactured or centrally controlled. It emerges when free people are allowed to speak honestly and engage openly with one another.We are the party of free thought, free speech, and free people. We believe in real communication, real transparency, and real accountability. That is how we build a real future, not through censorship, manipulation, endless division, or attempts to control what Americans think, know, and believe about the world around them.

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America was founded on the principle of self-government: that the American people should determine the direction of this country, free from outside control or foreign influence. Yet over time, our political system has become increasingly shaped by massive lobbying networks, special interests, and foreign-aligned organizations that pour enormous amounts of money into influencing elections, legislation, and foreign policy decisions. The result is a government that too often answers to donors, lobbyists, and international interests before it answers to the American people.I believe in free markets, free trade, and free association. People should be free to do business, communicate, and cooperate peacefully across borders without unnecessary government interference. But elections are not the same thing as ordinary commerce. Elections determine who controls the most powerful government apparatus on Earth, which includes taxation, regulation, military action, surveillance, and the laws that affect every American citizen. Protecting the integrity and independence of that system is essential to preserving self-government. No foreign government, foreign-funded organization, or international lobbying network should have disproportionate influence over American elections or American policy. Our leaders should be accountable to the citizens of the United States, not to outside interests seeking political leverage, military commitments, foreign aid, or economic favoritism at the expense of American taxpayers.This principle must apply universally and consistently, regardless of the country or political alliance involved. Whether influence comes from China, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Israel, multinational corporations, or any other foreign-connected entity, Americans have the right to expect that their government represents them first. Endless foreign entanglements and interventionist policies are often sustained not by the will of ordinary Americans, but by political systems built around lobbying, financial pressure, and special interests that benefit from perpetual conflict and dependency.The Libertarian vision is one of transparency, accountability, and national independence. Americans deserve to know who is funding political campaigns, shaping legislation, and influencing foreign policy decisions behind closed doors. A government that operates openly and answers directly to its own citizens is far less likely to drag the country into unnecessary wars, debt, corruption, and international conflicts that do not serve the American people.Free people deserve honest government. And honest government begins when American elections belong fully to Americans again.

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I support the SAVE Act because I believe American elections should be decided only by American citizens. That’s not an extreme position, it’s the basic standard of self-government. If we’re going to have a republic, then we have to be serious about who is allowed to participate in choosing its leaders.From my perspective, this isn’t about expanding government power, but about clearly defining and protecting the integrity of the vote. Citizenship matters. It is the membership requirement for participation in our political system, and that boundary should be real, not theoretical.The SAVE Act simply requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. It doesn’t change who is eligible, it just ensures the system accurately reflects that eligibility. In something as important as elections, I believe clarity and trust are essential.I also don’t see election security and liberty as opposites. A free society depends on people believing their vote is legitimate and protected. Without that trust, confidence in self-government breaks down.At the end of the day, I want a system where every lawful vote counts, every ineligible vote is prevented, and Americans can have full confidence that Americans are the ones deciding America’s future.

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On immigration, my approach is grounded in a simple balance: a free society should remain open to legal, orderly immigration while also maintaining secure and clearly enforced borders. I do not support open borders, because a functioning nation requires sovereignty, structure, and the ability to know who is entering and residing within its territory.I believe immigration should be lawful, consistent, and based on a system that can actually be enforced. People who want to come to America should have a clear, fair process that respects both those seeking opportunity and those already living here under the rule of law.At the same time, I support preserving the economic and cultural benefits that legal immigration has always brought to this country. The goal is not to shut America off from the world, but to ensure that immigration strengthens the nation rather than undermines its stability or overwhelming its systems.This is also where I find value in a more principled, liberty-based framework for thinking about movement and borders. Murray Rothbard noted that in a truly free society, migration would ultimately be shaped by property rights and the decisions of property owners rather than centralized political control. That idea reflects an important truth: the closer decisions are made to individuals and communities, the more aligned they are with real consent, responsibility, and local conditions.A Libertarian approach, in my view, means respecting both freedom of movement and the rule of law, building an immigration system that is humane, realistic, and sustainable over the long term.

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I believe government should be as limited as possible, and that includes how it takes money from the people who earn it. Taxation is inherently coercive. Money is taken under threat of enforcement, so it should never be expanded lightly or treated as the default solution to every problem. The more government takes, the less freedom individuals and families have to decide how to use the fruits of their own labor.Our goal should be a dramatic reduction in taxation across the board, moving toward a system where people keep as much of what they earn as possible, and where government is forced to live within strict, transparent limits.At the same time, I support restoring sound money and ending the ability of central banking institutions to quietly devalue the currency through inflation. Inflation functions as a hidden tax on everyone, especially working families and savers, eroding purchasing power without a vote or clear accountability.A healthy economy depends on honest money and minimal extraction from the productive class. The more we limit both taxation and monetary manipulation, the more freedom, stability, and prosperity Americans will have.

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I believe the problem in America is not guns, it’s a culture that has become disconnected, dependent, and increasingly taught to rely on the government for protection instead of personal responsibility and strong communities. Decades ago, there were more guns in American households than there are today, yet mass violence was exponentially lower. The issue is not law-abiding citizens exercising their rights. The issue is a society that has lost trust, accountability, and respect for individual responsibility.

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I support the SAVE Act because I believe American elections should be decided only by American citizens. That’s not an extreme position, it’s the basic standard of self-government. If we’re going to have a republic, then we have to be serious about who is allowed to participate in choosing its leaders.

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I believe government should be as limited as possible, and that includes how it takes money from the people who earn it. Taxation is inherently coercive. Money is taken under threat of enforcement, so it should never be expanded lightly or treated as the default solution to every problem. The more government takes, the less freedom individuals and families have to decide how to use the fruits of their own labor.

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I believe Americans are intelligent enough to think for themselves. We do not need “truth police” deciding what information we are allowed to see or discuss. We do not need government agencies coordinating with corporations or media organizations to influence public opinion behind closed doors. A free society depends on the open exchange of ideas, even difficult or unpopular ones, because truth is not something handed down by authority, it is something discovered through honest conversation, debate, evidence, and individual experience.

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I believe in free markets, free trade, and free association. People should be free to do business, communicate, and cooperate peacefully across borders without unnecessary government interference. But elections are not the same thing as ordinary commerce. Elections determine who controls the most powerful government apparatus on Earth, which includes taxation, regulation, military action, surveillance, and the laws that affect every American citizen. Protecting the integrity and independence of that system is essential to preserving self-government.

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The reality is that no government agency can guarantee your safety. The courts themselves have repeatedly affirmed that police officers do not have a legal duty to protect individual citizens. That means every American must recognize a simple truth: you are your own first line of defense. I believe every responsible, peaceable citizen has the right to protect themselves, their family, and their property without unnecessary government interference.

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Under Libertarian leadership, there will be no government censorship apparatus, no manipulation disguised as “protection,” and no endless war against free expression. Americans will have the right to communicate openly, challenge institutions, share ideas freely, and arrive at their own conclusions without fear of suppression or retaliation. We believe transparency creates trust, while secrecy and propaganda destroy it.

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If elected, I will focus on restoring financial sanity and easing this pressure, so that we can keep the American dream alive right here in our communities. We deserve a future where hard work actually pays off again.

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The SAVE Act simply requires proof of citizenship when registering to vote in federal elections. It doesn’t change who is eligible, it just ensures the system accurately reflects that eligibility. In something as important as elections, I believe clarity and trust are essential.

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I align with a constitutional approach similar to Ron Paul and Thomas Massie in the sense that I believe these decisions belong at the state and local level, where communities can reflect their own values while still respecting individual rights and due process. That allows for democratic accountability without concentrating yet another deeply personal issue under federal control.

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I believe immigration should be lawful, consistent, and based on a system that can actually be enforced. People who want to come to America should have a clear, fair process that respects both those seeking opportunity and those already living here under the rule of law.

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America and humanity as a whole is being held back by an ever-expanding system of government regulation, interference, and centralized control over what should be a free and open marketplace of goods, services, ideas, innovation, and trade. Human progress flourishes when individuals are free to create, compete, experiment, and build without asking permission from bloated bureaucracies that move slower than the people they claim to serve.

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I also believe there should be no federal taxpayer funding used to subsidize abortion services, and no federal funding directed to organizations like Planned Parenthood for abortion-related care. If this is a moral issue with deep disagreement across the country, then Americans should not be forced to financially participate in it through federal taxation.

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secure borders, legal immigration

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gun rights and the 2nd amendment

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Our goal should be a dramatic reduction in taxation across the board, moving toward a system where people keep as much of what they earn as possible, and where government is forced to live within strict, transparent limits.

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The Libertarian Party believes that free people must also be free to think, question, speak, and seek truth without interference from the government. Self-ownership means more than controlling your labor or your property, it also means owning your own mind, your own beliefs, and your own understanding of the world around you. A citizen cannot truly be free if powerful institutions are constantly filtering information, censoring discussion, or pressuring people into silence for questioning approved narratives.

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No foreign government, foreign-funded organization, or international lobbying network should have disproportionate influence over American elections or American policy. Our leaders should be accountable to the citizens of the United States, not to outside interests seeking political leverage, military commitments, foreign aid, or economic favoritism at the expense of American taxpayers.

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