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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