Republican Presidential candidate Gary Johnson is telling poker players to “ante up” and support his bid for the nation’s top office.
As Conor Friedersdorf writes at the Atlantic, Johnson has a portion of his website dedicated to championing the issues that matter to the country’s poker fans.
“The federal government should not be involved in restricting lawful commerce that doesn’t harm anyone,” Johnson writes on the website. “Support me for President, and I’ll support your freedom. Get in the game, donate to the campaign.”
Under President Barack Obama, the Justice Department has indicted executives from three of the country’s largest poker websites and shut them down under what is thought to be the largest crackdown on illegal online gambling in history.
Matthew Kredell of PokerNews.com says it is the first time a presidential candidate is openly campaigning for the votes of poker-players.
