Trump booed, heckled by raucous crowd at Libertarian convention | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

80% : A smaller section of the crowd, Trump supporters, cheered him.
52% : When Trump took to the stage in Washington, there were loud boos and jeers.
50% : If we unite we will be unstoppable," Trump said to a mix of applause and jeers.
48% : Libertarians garnered only 1.2% of the national vote in 2020, or about 1.8 million votes, but November's election could be decided by just tens of thousands of votes in a several battleground states, so Trump is seeking to peel away some libertarian support.
46% : Libertarians believe in limited government and individual freedom and many of them blame Trump, a Republican, for rushing through the creation of a COVID-19 vaccine when he was president and for not doing more to stop public health restrictions on the unvaccinated during the pandemic.
37% : Trump said he was a "libertarian without even trying to be one," and that the Libertarian Party should endorse him, another line greeted by boos and jeers.
32% : Undeterred, Trump poked fun at the crowd, saying if they did not back him, they would continue to garner just a tiny portion of voter support in national elections.
29% : Trump was trying to appeal to libertarians, who have more in common with Republican policy positions than Democrats on issues including taxes and the size of government, in what is expected to be a closely fought election.
28% : In front of a crowd holding "Free Ross" signs, Trump promised to commute Ulbricht's sentence if he wins back the White House.
27% : Trump, who was president between 2017 and 2021, immediately mentioned the total 88 felony charges he faces in four federal and state prosecutions.
20% : He pledged to put a libertarian in his cabinet if he wins the election, which was met by cries of "bullshit!"Trump did get huge applause for one promise.
12% : Shortly before he appeared, one person shouted, "Donald Trump should have taken a bullet!"Trump's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the hostile reception.
11% : Trump has been ramping up attacks on Kennedy, who is running as an independent, recently calling him a "fake" anti-vaccination proponent.

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