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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Considering my previous remarks and the continued downward decline related to the alt-right, authoritarian, anti-liberty regime, I express my regrets to express the following:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will no longer support a party that has outright chosen to eliminate a woman’s right to choose. The Mises Caucus has essentially decided that abortion is murder and that they should now be treated as criminals, all as we near a potential overturn of <i>Roe v. Wade</i>. This is a long-standing platform plank that has existed since 1971.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will no longer support a party that no longer acknowledges that “We condemn bigotry as irrational and repugnant.” Democrats and Republicans are all bigots and liars, and every single agent that has joined the Mises “Caucus” is also a bigot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will no longer support a party that thinks amending the platform at all is a good idea. The 2018/2020 Libertarian Party platform is just fine as is.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will no longer support a party that thinks discrimination against the LGBTQIA+ community is acceptable. About a dozen friends of mine, both in the community and activists in that community were assaulted this weekend, all instigated by Mises Caucus members. At the same time, members of the Mises Caucus have verbally wished for the death of Chair Whitney Bilyeu on the YouTube livestream while she was medically indisposed due to illness. Many of those remarks – in over 250 screenshots – were anonymously submitted to me to the FBI. And then an unprovoked attack on a previous Chair. That is disgusting behavior, and should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I will no longer support a party that has abandoned its founding principles that it has held for over half a century.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>With that said, I tender my resignation as Political Director of the Libertarian Party of Illinois effective immediately. I also hereby drop out of the State Central Committee race in the 15<sup>th</sup> Congressional District.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simultaneously, both Tri-Counties Libertarian Party and Capital Area Libertarian Party have formally dissolved, with any previous funds – roughly $1,971 -- donated to those less fortunate in the area. Both pages will also be unpublished in rather quick fashion.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would say it was an honor to serve in this party for the past six years out of nine years membership, but I just don’t know what to think anymore.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The money this party still owes me for the background check services for 2021 and 2022, just donate the $300 and some odd change to a homeless shelter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'>Jake Leonard</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#657B8E'>Chapter Chairman</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#61BB46'>Tri-Counties Libertarian Party<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#657B8E'>BOD Member and Political Director</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#61BB46'>Libertarian Party of Illinois<br></span></b><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#657B8E'>Ballot Access Committee Member</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#667B8E'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#61BB46'>Libertarian National Committee</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'><br>800 Capps Ave., Nokomis, IL 62075<br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#657B8E'>Website:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><a href="http://www.tricountylibertarians.org/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#0563C1'>www.tricountylibertarians.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>work – Heartland Newsfeed:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'> </span><a href="tel:217.569.4230" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.569.4230</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> x700 | </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>work – Pana News Group/SILMG:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto'> </span><a href="tel:217.718.6938"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.718.6938</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'><br></span></u><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>mobile:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><a href="tel:217.565.9273" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.565.9273</span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#667B8E'> | </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:#FF5B00'>mobile:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:black'> </span><a href="tel:217.565.9709" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'>217.565.9709</span></a><u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Roboto;color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2">
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