Libertarian convention devolves into fighting, obscenities on eve of Trump's visit

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Donald Trump won’t be speaking to his usual self-selected crowd of adoring red-hatted MAGA fans when he addresses the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday.

As delegates gathered at the Washington Hilton on the eve of his speech, the party’s decision to host the former president, which had split the organization, erupted Friday into open revolt. Fuming delegates at the convention said they plan to protest Trump’s speech, and one group sought unsuccessfully to remove the former president along with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., from the agenda — a move that resulted in thrown punches and obscenities between supporters and opponents of the move.

“I would like to propose that we go tell Donald Trump to go fuck himself!” Kaelan Dreyer, a Libertarian from New Mexico, yelled into a microphone, winning cheers from the crowd. After shouting vulgarities at the convention’s chair and fending off punches, he was led out of the convention hall.

The raucous opening to the convention reflects the pockets of hostility that Trump faces as he appeals to the Libertarians to help him box out a growing, third-party threat from Kennedy’s independent presidential campaign.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/24/libertarian-convention-fighting-obscenities-trump-visit-00160008

[LiberalFighter]

1. I'm good with that. Another group not voting for him.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. What no one will say

is that the Libertarian party, in terms of votes for their top-of-the-ticket candidates, is the "biggest" (in quotes) 3rd party out there.

Here in PA, when the Green Party was being touted so much in 2016, Gary Johnson of the Libertarian party pulled in almost 3 times the votes of Jill Stein -



Similarly in 2020, although only getting about 1/2 of the 2016 votes, Libertarian Jo Jorgensen still pulled in a significant amount of votes and I believe the Green Party missed the deadline to get on the ballot -

[Silent Type]

3. Hope that is a positive sign. Wonder if they would protest as vehemently it were Biden?

I think not, but not sure.

[AnrothElf]

4. Gosh, I sure hope one of those armed anarchists doesn't doesn't

[samnsara]

8. thinking same thing....

[58Sunliner]

5. Sounds like entertainment!!

I wish I could have seen it. May tomorrow night be just as fractious!!

[angrychair]

6. Not sure what the play is here

On paper at least, if you drink the Libertarian Kool aid, TSF is antithetical to Libertarian principles.
Republican white nationalist like TSF is the absolute opposite of the "less government, do what you want" Party planks of the Libertarian Party. They want to control people, not make them more free.
This is going to be a shit show.

[canetoad]

7. O The Irony

The Libertarians all want their own way.

[Marcuse]

9. Will there be a live broadcast?

[Warpy]

10. I hope it's contatious and spreads to the GOP convention

because I've been waiting for that one to devolve into a Donnybrook my whole life as the vatious factions finally realize they don't have a thing in common with each other and never did.

[Kennah]

11. Trial by combat. Last person standing wins.

[Cha]

12. Go Get TSF, Libertarians!