Trump Republicans tried to take over the hall (assisted by the Secret Service confiscating noisemakers) and hijack the Libertarian convention. They lined up early then stole the front row seats marked reserved. It all backfired wonderfully.

  • What this shows is that Trump’s entire team doesn’t really understand what Libertarian is. Kennedy seemed to understand, but his politics obviously don’t align.

    Then again, personally I put Libertarianism in the same camp as Communism as far as ideologies that are great in theory, but handwave the human factor away. The trick is in how to avoid authoritarianism while still being realistic about how humans behave individually and in groups.

  • Trump posted that he had an “enthusiastic” audience at the Libertarian Party convention.

    FACTS — Round 1 voting was:

    Story Daniels 1 vote

    Denali the Cat 1 vote

    Sean Ono Lennon 1 vote

    Christian Weston 2 votes

    Art Olivier 4 votes

    Donald J. Trump 6 votes

    Toad 16 votes

    RFK Jr 19 votes

    Charles Ballay 21 votes

    Jacob Hornberger 59 votes

    Joshua Smith 73 votes

    Lars Mapstead 122 votes

    Mike Ter Maat 141 votes

    Chase Oliver 181

    Michael Rectenwald 259 votes