MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on Donald Trump getting booed at the Libertarian Convention in Washington DC. Visit https://meidastouch.com for more!Su...
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.
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The video is great schadenfreude but a better analysis is available (RFK Jr wasn’t well received by attendees either).
This dude really thinks he is smart doesn’t he. Half of america just wants an asshole, thats all.
“play this clip”
dude, just play the clip, it’s not like I’m the one pressing play each time
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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