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MAGA Rages at RFK Jr. Stunt Ahead of Donald Trump's Speech
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his supporters have reportedly handed out rubber chickens to attendees of the Libertarian Party convention ahead of former President Donald Trump's speech Saturday night in Washington, D.C.The squawking rubber chickens have "Debate Bobby" written on them and are presumably intended to heckle and mock the presumptive Republican nominee as he looks to court right-leaning libertarian voters.The stunt faced backlash on social media from...
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Why are Libertarians hosting Trump & RFK Jr. at Convention?
Why is the Libertarian party ceding the spotlight to the leading GOP and Independent candidates, instead of elevating candidates of its own? “It would be amazing if they sign on to somebody like Donald Trump or RFK Jr. who refuse to call themselves Libertarian,” says Reason Editor at Large Nick Gillespie. “But maybe the party is low enough and in the doldrums that they’re going to go that way.”
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Gillespie: Libertarians unlikely to endorse Trump or RFK Jr.
The Libertarian Party has “never figured out whether or not they are an informational organization or an actual political party that runs candidates who are credible and can win,” says Nick Gillespie, Editor-at-Large for Reason. “The closest they came was Gary Johnson in 2016. And the current leadership of the LP sees that as an embarrassment, because he wasn’t principled enough. It would be amazing if they sign on to somebody like Donald Trump or RFK Jr. who are explicitly unlibertarian.”