# The Bill Weld Race for the Presidency, 2020

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [April 15, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598 "2019-04-15T22:17:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598/21 "2019-05-11T13:29:49Z")

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> [@asahi](#):
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> I love Bill Weld.
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> To me, he’s what a real conservative looks like. Principled.

Except when he said he was a Libertarian for life at the Libertarian convention in 2016. I lived in Massachusetts when he was Govenor. It does not take much effort to appear to be seen as a Conservative there.

[https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4629704/william-weld-promises-libertarian-life](https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4629704/william-weld-promises-libertarian-life)

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bill-weld-race-for-the-presidency-2020/832598/22 "2019-05-11T17:17:09Z")

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A libertarian is a lot closer to being conservative than Trump is.

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