America First Party (2002)
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America First Party
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| Chairperson | Jonathan M. Hill |
| Founded | April 15, 2002 |
| Headquarters | 1630 A 30th Street #111 Boulder, Colorado 80301 |
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Paleoconservatism Economic nationalism Non-interventionism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| International affiliation | None |
| Colors | Red, white, blue |
| Seats in the Senate | 0 |
| Seats in the House | 0 |
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| http://www.americafirstparty.org/ | |
The America First Party was a paleoconservative minor party in the United States.
The party was formed on April 15, 2002, when a group of Pat Buchanan supporters left the Reform Party. The party is pro-life, opposes all gun control, seeks to end affirmative action, racial quotas, and illegal and unlimited immigration. Buchanan himself has never publicly professed any affiliation with the party, though his books are for sale on the party's website "[A]utographed... specially for the Party". The AFP has attracted individuals such as former Boston mayor and ambassador to the Vatican Raymond Flynn and former John Birch Society president John McManus. The party's web page shows recent press releases and articles on current issues which showcase the organization's positions. Until February 2010, the AFP also published a 12-page newspaper which illustrated its policy positions and focused on current problems in government.
The party believed that the federal government's role should be quite limited in domestic matters, limited in foreign affairs in the Washingtonian sense, and they hold that these positions are required by the Constitution. They support enforcement of laws against illegal immigration, and on constitutional and economic grounds, they seek to end U.S. involvement with the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and World Trade Organization (WTO). The America First party opposed the 2003 invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq, and refers to the Iraq war as unconstitutional. On constitutional grounds, the party calls for an end to all foreign aid, without exception.
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