MAGA Rages at RFK Jr. Stunt Ahead of Donald Trump's Speech

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

72% : On Saturday afternoon, more supporters of Trump's Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement bashed the rubber chickens distributed by the Kennedy Jr. campaign.
71% : Downstairs, the LP's delegates keep booing Donald Trump; upstairs, the room for the 8 pm speech has been sweetened with dozens of suburban Republicans who drove in for it," Weigel posted on X.Reporting from the convention, documentarian and editor Ford Fischer posted videos starting around 6 p.m. showing Libertarian delegates filing into the room where Trump is scheduled to speak.
63% : Newsweek has reached out to the Kennedy Jr. and Trump campaigns, along with the Libertarian Party, via email Saturday afternoon.
60% : Initially, a host of Trump supporters took up many of the seats at the front of the room.
54% : Then, when the Libertarians arrived, more space was established near the stage where Trump will speak.
48% : In the video, a convention attendee can be heard making a motion "to tell Trump to [expletive] himself.
46% : Kennedy supporters plan on booing Trump and disrupting his speech," far-right activist Laura Loomer posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
45% : RFK Jr. is passing out rubber chickens to the audience to squawk while Trump is speaking tonight in an effort to get him to debate," X user @amuse wrote.
44% : A prominent political scientist recently told Newsweek that Kennedy "has as much potential to take away votes from Trump as he does from Biden.
39% : ""Seems like President Trump is about to walk into an ambush...," she posted to X Saturday morning.
39% : "No lighters, no water bottles, no noisy chickens," one agent yelled out to people in line, Sullivan posted on X.According to journalist David Weigel, Trump is scheduled to speak at 8 p.m. in an upstairs room, separate from the downstairs room with loyal, Libertarian delegates.
36% : The stunt faced backlash on social media from Trump supporters.
24% : During his speech, he blasted President Joe Biden and Trump for their response to the COVID-19 pandemic during their presidencies.
12% : ""If Kennedy gets to go on a rant about COVID vaccines and government conspiracies, it will damage Trump by eating into his populist support.

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