Libertarian VP candidate: 'I'm here vouching for Mrs. Clinton'

Brooke Kavit
Updated

Libertarian vice presidential candidate Bill Weld — in a striking split from running mate Gary Johnson — said Tuesday night he was "vouching" for Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

While he stopped short of telling people to vote for her, Weld acknowledged that his party might only muster 5 percent of the popular vote — and he fears for what would happen if Republican nominee Donald Trump won on Election Day.

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"I know her well personally," Weld, a former Republican governor of Massachusetts, said of Clinton on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show." "I know her to be a person of high moral character, a reliable person and an honest person, however so much Mr. Trump may rant and rave to the contrary. So, I'm happy to say that, and people can make their own choices."

Johnson has attacked both Trump and Clinton, and said last week that he thinks Clinton could ultimately be impeached over the FBI review of her emails.

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