--- title: Ron Paul Won't Be Voting for Libertarian Gary Johnson description: Paul didn't endorse Green Party candidate Jill Stein, but he did offer her some praise. canonical: https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T22:55:29.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:59:13.229Z article:section: Politics og:title: Ron Paul Won't Be Voting For Libertarian Gary Johnson og:description: Though Paul did come to his defense on the "Aleppo" gaffe og:url: https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ce222740f9f9ea/698869678e06015b45462f8b/ron-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ron Paul og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ron Paul Won't Be Voting For Libertarian Gary Johnson twitter:description: Though Paul did come to his defense on the "Aleppo" gaffe twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ce222740f9f9ea/698869678e06015b45462f8b/ron-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ron Paul Says He Won't Be Voting for Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 3, 2016 10:55 PM CUT  Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, father of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks in Richmond, Va, Nov4, 2014. Former Texas Rep. Ron Paul, father of Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks in Richmond, Va, Nov4, 2014.Steve Helber—AP by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 3, 2016 10:55 PM CUT Libertarian icon Ron Paul said Monday that he would not be voting for the Libertarian Party’s presidential candidate Gary Johnson. The [1988 Libertarian presidential nominee](http://time.com/3772936/ron-paul-rand-paul-quiz/ "undefined") instead told MSNBC that Green Party candidate Jill Stein was more aligned with his beliefs. “I said if the independents who don’t know what to do and who should they pick, I say if you tend to lead progressivism and liberalism and you are interested in expressing yourself — you can vote for the Green Party,” Paul said. Paul was not endorsing Stein, or anyone else for that matter, but said that some of Stein’s policies aligned with that of the Libertarian Party. “I think it’s a little bit of misinformation here because I haven’t endorsed anybody,” Paul said. He did, however, come to Johnson’s defense over his [infamous “Aleppo” gaffe](http://time.com/4483682/presidential-candidate-gary-johnson-asks-and-what-is-aleppo/ "undefined"). “It doesn’t build confidence in the individual, but it’s not disqualifying,” Paul told MSNBC. “It does raise eyebrows and it puts question marks out there.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/"},"headline":"Ron Paul Says He Won't Be Voting for Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson","datePublished":"2016-10-03T22:55:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:59:13.229Z","description":"Paul didn't endorse Green Party candidate Jill Stein, but he did offer her some praise","url":"https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic","ron paul","Aleppo","Gary Johnson"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ce222740f9f9ea/698869678e06015b45462f8b/ron-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt92ce222740f9f9ea/698869678e06015b45462f8b/ron-paul.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ron Paul","caption":"Ron Paul","creditText":"Steve Helber—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4517360/ron-paul-gary-johnson-jill-stein-libertarian/","name":"Ron Paul Says He Won't Be Voting for Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson"}}]}] ```