INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – A longtime political candidate told News 8 voters deserve an alternative to the two-party system.
Andrew Horning announced his candidacy for the Senate on the Libertarian ticket in early June. In an interview with All INdiana Politics, he said the central focus of his campaign is constitutional rule of law, which he defines as state and federal governments being limited to the exact functions specified in their respective constitutions and nothing month.
“The government is supposed to do very few things at the state or federal level, and it sets out exactly what they can do and everything else is prohibited,” he said.
Last year’s Dobbs v. Jackson ruling explicitly returned the issue of abortion regulations to Congress and state legislatures. Horning indicated that he would not support any federal abortion laws. He said states should be free to allow or restrict abortion within their borders as they see fit. For abortions that cross state lines, he said courts should decide those cases on an individual basis.
Horning said the United States can and should reorient its strategic posture to confront China without further empowering the military-industrial complex. He said a combination of the national debt and regulations that put American companies at a disadvantage have made the United States dependent on China for a range of needs.
Because Libertarian Secretary of State candidate Jeff Maurer received more than 2% of the vote last year but less than 10%, the names of Libertarian Party candidates will appear on the 2024 ballot, but the party will have to ‘choose their candidates for next year’s state. party convention instead of a primary. Horning said party delegates should nominate him because of his consistent views and experience in multiple bids for public office. He has previously run unsuccessfully for governor and the United States House of Representatives.
When asked how he plans to reach voters who might be tempted to vote by the presence of Joe Biden or Donald Trump at the top of the ballot, Horning said that voting for a Democrat or a Republican only reinforces the shortcomings of the current political system. . He said only voters can change the system by changing the way they vote.
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