Johnson: I’m going to ‘wave a magic wand’ to solve problems as president

Published May 31, 2016 2:56pm ET



Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson believes many problems facing the United States can be solved by executive actions that are almost as simple as waving a magic wand.

Johnson, a former Republican governor of New Mexico, won the Libertarian Party’s nomination for president over the weekend and has since embarked on a media blitz. In an interview with C-SPAN, Johnson said there are some things that cannot be solved with a magic wand, but many others that can be fixed that way.

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