Former president Donald Trump recently faced a tough crowd at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night. The audience loudly booed him and used noisemakers to drown out his speech via Washington Post.
It has come to light that the first current or former president to speak at the third-party convention and Trump made several major promises to libertarians in the crowded, rowdy room, including assuring the audience that he would appoint a libertarian to his Cabinet if elected in November.
However, the presumptive Republican nominee also taunted the third party which has typically garnered around 1 to 3 percent of the vote in presidential races, saying that they should nominate him if they want to win.
Maybe you don’t want to win,” Trump said to a loud chorus of boos from the crowd. “Keep getting your 3 percent every four years.”
The raucous event for the former president saw a sharp departure from the typical celebratory atmosphere at such Trump campaign gatherings, normally full of thousands of supporters who travel from other states to see the former president while laughing and clapping to their favorite, often biting punchlines.
It is noted that Trump is said to derive energy from these trademark rallies and reacts to any disruption by threatening to have that person or people removed.
He is unaccustomed to dealing with a divided audience, such as the one on Saturday night — some of which didn’t seem to want him there.
“I don’t think it is a good idea for the party to invite candidates who can take our voters,” Illinois Libertarian voter Gavin Hanson said. “I don’t think he got any voters from that.”
Trump lobbied for an invitation to speak to the libertarians, eyeing to appeal to their voters amid concerns from the two major parties that third-party candidates could attract voters who could swing a close presidential contest with President Biden.
