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Libertarian activist, organizer, and author
Matt Kibbe
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Matt Kibbe in 2016
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Born
| 1963/1964
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Education
| Grove City College
(
BA
)
[1]
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Occupation(s)
| President and Chief Community Organizer, Free the People
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Spouse
| Terry Kibbe
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Matthew B. Kibbe
(
) is the President and Chief Community Organizer
[2]
of Free the People, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting
libertarian
ideals. Prior to founding Free the People, he was the President of
FreedomWorks
[3]
He also worked as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative
Dan Miller
(R-FL), Senior Economist at the Republican National Committee.
[
citation needed
]
Director of Federal Budget Policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Managing Editor of
Market Process
, an academic economics journal published by the Center for the Study of Market Processes at George Mason University.
[4]
[5]
Kibbe's Free the People argued for the inclusion of third-party candidates in the
2016 presidential debates
,
[6]
and he participated in
Our America Initiative
's
2016 Liberty Tour
to promote this campaign.
[7]
In an interview with
Glenn Beck
, Kibbe accused the
Commission on Presidential Debates
of "rigging" the debates by excluding third parties.
[8]
FreedomWorks
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Kibbe originally joined the organization (previously known as
Citizens for a Sound Economy
) as a policy analyst in 1986. He was the President from 2004?2015. He was formerly CEO, the post now held by Adam Brandon.
[3]
According to
Steve Forbes
, “Kibbe has been to FreedomWorks what
Steve Jobs
was to Apple.”
[9]
Kibbe and
FreedomWorks
Chairman
Dick Armey
wrote
Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto
in 2010. The book reached best-seller lists including those of
USA Today
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citation needed
]
and
The Washington Post
.
[10]
Personal life
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Kibbe's wife, Terry, is the Chief Executive Officer
[2]
for Free the People.
Works
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References
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"Matthew B. Kibbe"
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Foundation for Economic Education
. 7 August 2015
. Retrieved
13 January
2022
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a
b
"About - Free the People"
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freethepeople.org
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a
b
"Staff - FreedomWorks"
.
www.freedomworks.org
. 15 October 2013.
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Matt Kibbe
Archived
January 14, 2013, at the
Wayback Machine
, FreedomWorks
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Matt Kibbe
Archived
2010-09-29 at the
Wayback Machine
, HarperCollins Publishers
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Kibbe, Matt (November 12, 2016).
"Politics really is broken, so let's finish the job, President-Elect Trump"
.
foxnews.com
.
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"Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson to Advocate for Third Party Inclusion"
.
good4utah.com
. November 1, 2016.
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"Matt Kibbe on Meteors, Millennials and How the Election Is Really Rigged"
.
glennbeck.com
. 21 October 2016.
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"Matt Kibbe"
.
The Federalist Society
. Retrieved
13 January
2022
.
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Levingston, Steven (August 29, 2010).
"Political Bookworm - Book World"
.
The Washington Post
.
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