Matt Kibbe
{{Short description|Libertarian activist, organizer, and author}}
{{notability|Biography|date=October 2021}}
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|name = Matt Kibbe
|image = Matt Kibbe by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
|imagesize = 220px
|caption = Matt Kibbe in 2016
|occupation = President and Chief Community Organizer, Free the People
|education = Grove City College (BA){{cite web |url=https://fee.org/people/matthew-b-kibbe/| title=Matthew B. Kibbe|website=Foundation for Economic Education | date=7 August 2015|access-date=13 January 2022}}
|spouse = Terry Kibbe
| birth_date = 1963/1964
}}
Matthew B. Kibbe ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɪ|b|i}}) is the President and Chief Community Organizer{{cite web|url=https://freethepeople.org/about/|title=About - Free the People|website=freethepeople.org}} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomworks.org/about/staff|title=Staff - FreedomWorks|website=www.freedomworks.org|date=15 October 2013}} He also worked as Chief of Staff to U.S. Representative Dan Miller (R-FL), Senior Economist at the Republican National Committee.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} 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.[http://www.freedomworks.org/matt-kibbe-biography Matt Kibbe] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130114015529/http://www.freedomworks.org/matt-kibbe-biography |date=January 14, 2013 }}, FreedomWorks[http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/37487/Matt_Kibbe/index.aspx Matt Kibbe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100929191543/http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/37487/Matt_Kibbe/index.aspx |date=2010-09-29 }}, HarperCollins Publishers
Kibbe's Free the People argued for the inclusion of third-party candidates in the 2016 presidential debates,{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/politics-really-is-broken-so-lets-finish-the-job-president-elect-trump/|title=Politics really is broken, so let's finish the job, President-Elect Trump|first=Matt|last=Kibbe|date=November 12, 2016|website=Fox News}} and he participated in Our America Initiative's 2016 Liberty Tour to promote this campaign.{{cite web|url=http://www.good4utah.com/news/local-news/libertarian-candidate-gary-johnson-to-advocate-for-third-party-inclusion|title=Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson to Advocate for Third Party Inclusion|date=November 1, 2016|website=good4utah.com}} In an interview with Glenn Beck, Kibbe accused the Commission on Presidential Debates of "rigging" the debates by excluding third parties.{{cite web|url=http://www.glennbeck.com/2016/10/21/matt-kibbe-on-meteors-millennials-and-how-the-election-is-really-rigged/|title=Matt Kibbe on Meteors, Millennials and How the Election Is Really Rigged|date=21 October 2016|website=glennbeck.com}}
FreedomWorks
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.
According to Steve Forbes, “Kibbe has been to FreedomWorks what Steve Jobs was to Apple.”{{cite web |title=Matt Kibbe |url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/matt-kibbe |website=The Federalist Society |access-date=13 January 2022}}
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 {{citation needed|date=December 2021}} and The Washington Post.{{cite news |last1=Levingston |first1=Steven |title=Political Bookworm - Book World |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/08/post_3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006025134/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/political-bookworm/2010/08/post_3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 6, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 29, 2010}}
Personal life
Works
- {{cite book | last = Armey | first = Dick |author2=Matt Kibbe | title = Give Us Liberty: A Tea Party Manifesto | publisher = William Morrow | location = New York | year = 2010 | isbn = 978-0-06-201587-7 }}
- {{cite book | last = Kibbe | first = Matt | title = Hostile Takeover: Resisting Centralized Government's Stranglehold on America | publisher = William Morrow | location = New York | year = 2012 | isbn = 978-0-06-219601-9 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/hostiletakeoverr0000kibb }}
- {{cite book| last=Kibbe | first=Matt | title=Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto | publisher=William Morrow | location=New York | year=2014 | isbn=978-0062308252}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=6111 Profile] at OpenSecrets.org
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Category:American libertarians
Category:Tea Party movement activists
Category:Grove City College alumni
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