Donald Trump prepares Libertarian talk
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Robert Kennedy Jr. is in the former President's sights.

Donald Trump is addressing the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night, courting a segment of mostly conservative voters that has often been skeptical of the Republican former president while trying to ensure attendees aren’t drawn to independent White House hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Libertarian Party will pick its presidential nominee during the gathering at a Washington hotel that wraps up Sunday. Kennedy, who ran in the Democratic primary before switching to an independent bid, addressed the convention Friday but has indicated he’s not interested in being the Libertarian nominee.

Polls have shown for months that most voters — even a majority of Democrats — don’t want a 2020 rematch between Trump and Democratic President Joe Biden. That dynamic could potentially boost support for an alternative like the Libertarian nominee or Kennedy, whose bid has allies of both Biden and Trump concerned that he could be a spoiler.

In his own speech at the Libertarian convention Friday, Kennedy accused Trump and Biden alike of trampling on personal liberties in response to the pandemic that spanned their presidencies. Trump bowed to pressure from public health officials and shut down businesses, he said, while Biden was wrong to mandate vaccines for millions of workers.

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19 comments

  • Impeach Biden

    May 25, 2024 at 7:48 am

    Interesting how this site continues to post pictures of what appears to be an angry Trump. Could you post pictures of Biden then with that stare into space as he lost and has no idea where he is. Lets keep it fair shall we?

    • Ocean Joe

      May 25, 2024 at 8:29 am

      Trump is angry a lot. Maybe you’d be like that if you inherited $400,000,000. Or if you had to pay hookers not to talk. Or if you suffered from bone spurs. Or if your casinos went broke. Or if all 3 of your wives looked a lot like EJ Carroll. Or if you told the country bleach might cure covid. Or if you torpedoed a border bill putting yourself over your country as usual. Or if Trump sparkling water was no longer available. Or if you presided over a pandemic like a deer in the headlights. Or if your plan to repeal and replace the ACA went down in flames. Or if you failed to blackmail Ukraine’s leader into inventing dirt for your campaign. Need I continue?
      Of course you’d be angry too. Angry enough to send a mob to ransack our democracy on Jan 6.
      IB, you’d make a good RFK voter…go for it.

      • Impeach Biden

        May 25, 2024 at 8:41 am

        Thanks but no thanks Ocean. I made that mistake back in 1992 (Perot). I won’t do that again. Oops. There goes Tennessee Rick’s fantasy that I am 19.🤣

        • Ocean Joe

          May 25, 2024 at 9:10 am

          If you were in the stock market then, Clinton’s reign would’ve made you quite wealthy. Of course you guys were more interested in smearing him and teaching every child in America what a “bj” was. Always with the family values.

          Unfortunately, Clinton also presided over that ‘giant sucking sound’ of Nafta and job flow to Asia, following in the footsteps of Daddy Bush and the globalists.

          So it’s another helping batsh-t crazy for you.

          • Impeach Biden

            May 25, 2024 at 9:14 am

            He also brought us 9-11. Never forget.

          • Ocean Joe

            May 25, 2024 at 9:47 am

            My recollection (mainstream media) is that warnings were passed on and ignored by Colin Powell and Condi Rice, much like Obama passed on a pandemic response protocol and positions as part of the national security council which John Bolton and Trump discarded as well.

            I point out for my progressive friends that folks on the West Bank were celebrating, passing out candy to the children after 9-11, just in case anybody needs a reminder of who are friends are.

          • Impeach Biden

            May 25, 2024 at 10:29 am

            Well the facts are that those terrorist bastards entered this country under the watchful eye of Clinton. They flight trained and planned for years. They executed the plan while Bush was CIC for around seven months. Now we just had two Jordanian’s that entered this country illegally, probably wearing Biden T-shirts through Joe’s open Southern Border and attempt to infiltrate Marine Corp Quantico. I will go on record now that the next terrorist attack will come from someone or a group that entered illegally while Biden was asleep at the wheel here.

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        • rick whitaker

          May 26, 2024 at 12:01 am

          HOWLER MONKEY, my oldest kids were old enough to vote in the the 92′ race, of course they voted for clinton. only an idiot would vote for perot. close to 20% of the popular vote did go to perot, so your in that bottom fifth crowd it seems. BTW you would have to be around 50 years old to have voted for perot. i don’t believe you are near that age, so you must be lying. my kids in their 40’s and 50’s are WAY more informed than you. i’ll be fair, even though i think you might be lying, i’ll drop the 19 year old from your name. i still don’t believe you. you don’t come off as honest. i don’t know many honest people that believe in as many far – right lies as you do. i use to know some OLD fools, i cut them lose long ago.

    • rick whitaker

      May 26, 2024 at 12:33 am

      HOWLER MONKEY, trump looks stupid when he tries to not look angry. are you so shallow that you would vote for someone based on their looks? that’s not what a 50 year old trannie would say. i asked if you were man or woman, but you refused to answer for some paranoid reason. so trannie is the only thing left, i think

  • My Take

    May 25, 2024 at 9:13 am

    I would think evango-falangists and Libertarians would be natural enemies.

  • My Take

    May 25, 2024 at 11:21 am

    folks on the West Bank were celebrating, passing out candy to the children after 9-11
    ========
    Remember the reports of the group of Israeli men on the New Jersy river shore obviously enjoying the 911 scene across the river.

    • Ocean Joe

      May 25, 2024 at 11:42 am

      I do. There were exactly two of them. Not crowds of people dancing in the streets of Ramallah.

      • My Take

        May 25, 2024 at 1:28 pm

        Mexico I believe.
        International ball game.
        US as one side.
        Large crowd of locals.
        “OSAMA OSAMA OSAMA”
        We are not all that popular.

        A book came out a few years ago on the Dullases.
        A reviewer said, “If you want to know why half [more?] the world hates us, read this book.”

    • Dont Say FLA

      May 28, 2024 at 4:24 pm

      But where was Snookie? Is Snookie okay?

  • Dont Say FLA

    May 25, 2024 at 7:06 pm

    Do worms eat small mushrooms?

  • PeterH

    May 26, 2024 at 5:16 am

    The looney toons boo the Looney Toon in Chief! LOL

  • 🌞

    May 28, 2024 at 5:29 pm

    Today’s court showed how disregard for his wife’s health plays a roll.
    That industry has a lot of health related issues
    Stormy health weather

  • Elvis Pitts "The Big Voice On The Right" American

    May 28, 2024 at 7:44 pm

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    We, The Sage Conservatives, are taking back our Rightfull Leadership Role, in our Great Nation.
    SO IN CLOSING:
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