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# Libertarian Presidential Candidate Goes Crowd Surfing
- URL: https://ivn.us/gary-johnson-crowd-surfs-at-utah-town-hall/
- Published: 2012-10-03T03:34:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-06-22T19:32:36.000Z
- Author: Chad Peace
- Tags: News

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/dc/be/dcbe1ac4-146f-43be-92a6-ea84728d86a6/content/images/2026/02/Gary-Johnson-Crowd-Surfing.jpg "Gary Johnson Crowd Surfing")

While Obama and Romney are preparing for a debate in which they won't let the former New Mexico Governor participate, the Libertarian Presidential Candidate [Gary Johnson](http://www.garyjohnson2012.com/?ref=ivn.us) was holding an "[online town hall](http://www.vokle.com/events/74213-gary-johnson-ron-paul-revolutionary?ref=ivn.us)" in Utah for anyone who wanted to participate; literally everyone in the world.

And while Johnson has taken his candidacy seriously by [filing both a novel anti-trust lawsuit](https://ivn.us/common-sense/2012/09/23/gary-johnson-files-anti-trust-lawsuit-for-entry-to-debates/) against the Commission on Presidential Debates and for [an injunction against the FEC](https://ivn.us/editors-blog/2012/09/28/gary-johnson-suing-fec-following-anti-trust-suit-filed-last-week/), it was all fun and games when Gary Johnson went crowd surfing with hundreds of supporters.

#### Watch Gary Johnson Crowd Surfing:

Some on-the-ground reporting from the [DailyPaul](http://www.dailypaul.com/257215/gary-johnson-just-crowd-surfed-at-the-end-of-his-town-hall-not-joking?ref=ivn.us):

> The last question at his town hall was "if we promise not to drop you will you crowd surf". When the question was asked I thought it was ludicrous. But GJ went ahead and did it. After thinking about it for a second, I saw the brilliance in it. Maybe it will go viral and get him some more name recognition. I'm sure someone will come up w/ a clever nickname and, again, hopefully he'll get a lot more recognition as a result.

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