2/1/24 Eric Brakey on Using State-Level Politics to Fight For Liberty

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2024

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Eric Brakey returns to the show to talk about his many efforts — past, present, and future — to advance liberty at the state level. They first talk about Defend the Guard and the push to get it through the New Hampshire Senate after its victory in the House. They also touch on Brakey’s involvement in passing Constitutional Carry in Maine and other states, as well as his prescient 2016 stand against provocatively sending lethal aid to Ukraine. Discussed on the show: New Hampshire Liberty Forum “Trump Campaign Changed Ukraine Platform, Lied About It” (The Daily Beast) Brakey pushes to change Ukraine platform (begins at 9:00) Eric Brakey is a State Senator from Maine and the Executive Director for the Free State Project. He has been instrumental in pushing for pro-liberty legislation like Constitutional Carry and Defend the Guard. Follow him on Twitter @SenatorBrakey This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	All right, y'all welcome to the Scott Horton's show.
0:02.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute.
0:09.0	I'm the director of the Libertarian Institute,
0:14.8	editorial director of anti-war.com.
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0:44.0	Hey guys on the line, it's our old friend Eric Brake,
0:49.0	former state senator from Maine, and then he was the something or other over at the Young Americans for Liberty for a long time and then
0:57.1	He was a state representative there in New Hampshire and now he's the head of the Free State Project.
1:04.7	He's always doing some kind of anti-government thing.
1:07.0	Welcome back to the show. How you doing man?
1:09.2	Hey, doing well, Scott.
1:10.5	It's actually, I haven't been in the New Hampshire legislature, maybe in the future, who knows,
1:16.6	I'm still in the main state Senate, but I'm finishing up my third and final term, as I have started a new job at the Free State Project. I know it's all
1:26.2	over the place. It's very confusing. I should have asked you before I started claiming things.
1:31.8	I thought it was I was trying to get over the cognitive
1:35.4	dissonance of my brain about you being the New Hampshire guy so then I had it when you
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