...from the attached article...maybe DJT would have better luck trying to woo back the "Never Trumpers"...he's pretty much alienated every group outside of MAGA land...how does he increase his voting block?...btw, if he's convicted in the Hush Money trial, it's going to cost him significant Independent votes, who aren't that enamored with his abortion history (e.g. overturning Roe).
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WASHINGTON — Insults were hurled at former President Donald Trump when he took to the stage Saturday night to address the Libertarian National Convention.
The crowd's hostility to the former president was especially pronounced when Trump directly solicited their votes. Each time Trump asked the crowd at the Washington Hilton for their votes or the party's nomination, he was met with loud boos.
"I'm asking for the Libertarian Party's endorsement, or at least lots of your votes, lots and lots of Libertarian votes," Trump said as the audiences booed in response.
At times, Trump turned on the crowd, criticizing libertarians' turnout at previous elections.
"You can keep going the way you have for the last long decades and get your 3% and meet again, get another 3%," Trump said following jeers from the crowd.
The 2020 Libertarian Party nominee, Jo Jorgensen, won just over 1% of the votes in several swing states including Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Georgia. But in a tight race, these voters could have the power to swing the election between major party nominees.
The audience yelled at Trump throughout his speech as well, a stark contrast to his typical crowds filled with adoring fans decked out in MAGA gear. At one point during Saturday's speech, punches were thrown in the audience.
One member of the crowd shouted, “Lock him up!” and another yelled, “Donald Trump is a threat to democracy!” Moments later, someone yelled at Trump, “You had your shot!”
Others yelled at Trump, “F--- you” and “You already had four years, you a--hole.”
Twice, people chanting, “We want Trump” were drowned out by boos and chants of “End the fed.”
After Trump’s Saturday speech, a libertarian candidate who took to the stage called the former president a war criminal, citing his use of drone strikes and actions in Syria.
On Friday night, the libertarian crowd was also hostile to mentions of Trump, and the audience booed when Vivek Ramaswamy brought up the former president. Separately, the crowd cheered one Libertarian Party member’s suggestion that “we go tell Donald Trump to go f--- himself.”
Link: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/trump-commute-silk-road-website-operator-ross-ulbrichts-life-prison-se-rcna154082