Posted on 05/25/2024 1:53:53 PM PDT by libh8er
Vivek Ramaswamy was met with a wave of boos at the Libertarian National Convention on Friday for mentioning Donald Trump on the eve of the former president’s speech there.
The failed Republican presidential candidate was speaking at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., when he got a distinctly negative reaction from the audience for mentioning Trump, whose planned speech on Saturday has led to calls for protest among libertarians.
“I have gotten to know Donald Trump over the last several years, and the last several months,” Ramaswamy said, before being interrupted by a volley of boos from the audience. “—and you’re gonna hear from him tomorrow night! And the question is do you want to influence the next administration or don’t you?”
Ramaswamy tried to recover, but continued to field boos and laughter from the audience. “You all get to speak your mind, I respect that. Libertarians in the room gotta speak up—but, the question is, how do you get it done? I believe the future of this country depends on a libertarian-nationalist alliance that will save this country,” he said.
At one point, the audience began to shout over him as he explained why even those who don’t totally support all of Trump’s positions should still back him for president.
“Are you going to agree with him on 100 percent of what he says? Do I agree with 100 percent of his policy positions? No,” he said, before being drowned out by angry shouts of “No!” when he said Trump has a real shot at the presidency.
Several delegates at the convention plan to protest Trump's speech on Saturday,
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it sounds like a lot of Libertarian party convention attendees are working hard to re=elect Biden
most Libertarians I’ve known were quite intelligent, where did they get this crowd from?
Libertarians are just pot heads. Now that pot is legal they don’t know what to do. They’re the dog that caught the car.
Here’s my booo to Daily Beast via Yahoo News.
Hmm. Daily Beast.
Not over-simplified at all.
In fact.. a pretty darned accurate observation.
I heard the speech. There wasn’t that much booing, and it mostly comes from the old guard that caves to the left that doesn’t like the new LP leadership that would even invite Trump & Vivek (and RFK Jr)
If they dont want him there why the hell did they invite him
There’s a lot of truth to that statement.
Daily Beast via Yahoo News.
Those are not the first two sources I look to for truth either. Maybe ahead of Asspress, The Hill, and AOL Commie News, but that’s a maybe.
Constitutional originalists who disagreed with the drug war, police state, and a number of other “conservative” big government positions called themselves small “l” libertarians for lack of a better term. Big “L” Libertarians are generally just libertines who don’t want to be told what to do but are also not big on accepting the consequences of their actions. Thusly there are a number of libertarians on this site who have nothing to do with the Libertarian party.
It seems that the Libertarian party has little to do with Libertarianism.
It’s a shame.
Liberaltarians are little more than Democrats ashamed of what they really are. They vote first for themselves then for Democrats then maybe for a Republican.
They are not standup people.
These people are stupid, there are two choices and you have lived under both. You all really prefer Biden?
Libertarians are usually the biggest Liberals I know. Of course they support Biden. Big Government. Big Deficits. Lots of hedonism. Libertarians are enormous hypocrites.
There’s always a few disrupters in every crowd.
Libertarianism is a club that has zero entry requirements.
I've heard so-called Libertarians argue for everything from abortion to Obamacare
This is disturbing. Trump is supposed to speak there tonight, I think.
“Vivek Ramaswamy Repeatedly Gets Booed by Libertarians for Mentioning Trump”
Which only goes to PROVE that Libertarians exist for ONE REASON, which is to weaken Republicans, particularly conservatives.
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