How the Libertarian Party that turned from Trump came to embrace him

Nick Sarwark was worried.

Ahead of the deadly Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville in 2017, the then-chair of the Libertarian Party was increasingly concerned that a faction of his party supported white supremacy. Sarwark fired off a public letter saying racism didn’t belong in the party and asking others to join in his condemnation of fascism and of the rising popularity of Donald Trump among libertarians.