Dr. Jo Jorgensen watched her website crash on Tuesday night — at least that’s what social media said happened — all because of the 2020 presidential debate.
What’s going on?
Jorgensen — who is running in the 2020 election as the Libertarian candidate — made headlines Wednesday morning after the first presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Interest in Jorgensen popped up Tuesday night during the debate, which reportedly led to her website crashing.
Congratulations president Trump, and Vice-President Biden!
— Libertarian-In-Chief (@ToddHagopian) September 30, 2020
Your debate performance was so bad that America just crashed Dr. Jo Jorgensen’s (@Jorgensen4POTUS) website looking for an alternative candidate!#LetHerDebate #LetHerSpeak #Debates #Debate#Debate2020 #DebateTuesday
https://t.co/0vxOTG3aSS is crashing due to a high volume of traffic.
— Jess Mears (@jessfortravel) September 30, 2020
After that horrendous “debate”, @Jorgensen4POTUS’s website is currently crashing due to high volume of traffic. Reminder that Jorgensen will be on the ballots in ALL 50 states. Maybe the @debates will change their mind and let her take the stage? #LetHerSpeak https://t.co/Sf0vKtiv74
— Gavin (@gpstrickland315) September 30, 2020
On Wednesday, Jorgensen slammed the debate process for not allowing her to compete in the race with Trump and Biden.
- “The media won’t do our work for us. The corrupt @debates kept us off the stage last night and, of course, it turned into a shameful display of name calling, lies, and bad policy,” she wrote on Twitter.
The media won't do our work for us. The corrupt @debates kept us off the stage last night and, of course, it turned into a shameful display of name calling, lies, and bad policy. Will you chip in $5 to help take my message directly to voters?https://t.co/CTC1Hb9hfj
— Jo Jorgensen (@JoForLiberty) September 30, 2020
So what does Jorgensen believe?
- Jorgensen told the “Fox News Rundown” podcast Tuesday that she would like America to become “one giant Switzerland.”
- “Switzerland is armed and neutral. They’re not pacifists. They’re not isolationists. They are a banking center. They accept tourism. People go in and out freely and they trade with other people. That’s what I want the United States to look like.
- “However, Switzerland doesn’t get its nose in everybody else’s business and they try not to be ... the world’s policeman. So I would get out there and I would say that we need to treat the world as our neighbors, not our combatants. And we need to bring the troops home.”
Jorgensen is polling at 2.8% in the RealClearPolitics average.
Current rules require 15% in the polls to be in the presidential debates.