Trump booed and jeered at Libertarian National Convention

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Trump was also cheered when he called for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants.
59% : 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.
54% : "But there were moments when Trump received cheers, like when he touted his record of starting no news wars and his administration's withdrawal from the World Health Organization, which Biden later rejoined.
53% : Each time Trump asked the crowd at the Washington Hilton for their votes or the party's nomination, he was met with loud boos.
51% : The crowd's hostility to the former president was especially pronounced when Trump directly solicited their votes.
47% : "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.
45% : "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.
42% : Moments later, someone yelled at Trump, "You had your shot!
42% : "Others yelled at Trump, "F--- you" and "You already had four years, you a--hole.
42% : "Trump himself referenced the unexpected decision, saying, "A lot of people ask why I came to speak at this Libertarian convention, and, you know, it's an interesting question, isn't it?
35% : Trump booed and jeered at Libertarian National ConventionAbigail Brooks and Megan LebowitzMay 26, 2024 at 4:11 AMWASHINGTON --
31% : Separately, the crowd cheered one Libertarian Party member's suggestion that "we go tell Donald Trump to go f--- himself.
30% : 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.
30% : ""While in operation, Silk Road was used by thousands of drug dealers and other unlawful vendors to distribute hundreds of kilograms of illegal drugs and other unlawful goods and services to more than 100,000 buyers, and to launder hundreds of millions of dollars deriving from these unlawful transactions," Immigration and Customs Enforcement said a 2015 press release announcing Ulbricht's sentencing.
27% : "Do you think Donald Trump even knew Ross Ulbricht's name before he decided to come here and pander to us?"
22% : "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.
22% : One of the loudest cheers from the audience came when Trump announced his intention to commute the life in prison sentence of "Silk Road" website operator Ross Ulbricht.
21% : At times, Trump turned on the crowd, criticizing libertarians' turnout at previous elections.
12% : and another yelled, "Donald Trump is a threat to democracy!"

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