During the initial round of voting on Sunday, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was ousted from contention for the Libertarian Party’s nomination.
He garnered 19 votes, equivalent to approximately two percent of the total.
Though Kennedy had initially declined to run as a Libertarian, he ultimately embraced the party’s nomination and delivered a speech at the convention on Friday.
However, when a delegate nominated him, their announcement was met with resounding boos from the rest of the convention.
The Hill reports:
Kennedy has raised a strong profile among centrists, selling himself as an anti-establishment figure suspicious of the traditions of government. Though Kennedy is widely seen as a long-shot contender against Trump and President Biden, recent polling has suggested he could be a spoiler for Trump in November.
The ex-Democrat has about 8 percent support in The Hill/Decision Desk HQ average of polls, where Trump leads Biden by just more than 1 percent.
During the convention, the Kennedy campaign handed out rubber chickens to try to get people to squeak them during Trump’s speech because the former president declined to debate him.
Former President Trump also blasted Kennedy in a series of Truth Social posts in late April.
Trump said he would even “take Biden” over RFK and accused him of being a Democrat plant.
“RFK Jr. is a Democrat ‘Plant,’ a Radical Left Liberal who’s been put in place in order to help Crooked Joe Biden, the Worst President in the History of the United States, get Re-Elected,” Trump began.
“A Vote for Junior’ would essentially be a WASTED PROTEST VOTE, that could swing either way, but would only swing against the Democrats if Republicans knew the true story about him. Junior’ is totally Anti-Gun, an Extreme Environmentalist who makes the Green New Scammers look Conservative, a Big Time Taxer and Open Border Advocate, and Anti-Military/Vet…”
Trump said that the “radicalized” Kennedy family would “never allow him to be a Republican,” and that his primary funder is his vice presidential candidate that “nobody ever heard of.”
In a third post, Trump wrote, “I lived with RFK Jr. in New York and watched him convince Governor Cuomo to make Environmental moves that were outright NASTY. Upstate New York was not allowed to drill or frack as Ohio, Pennsylvania, and others ripped off New York Energy. Because of this, prices have skyrocketed all over that part of the Country, but especially Upstate New York and New England. Their Energy Costs are the highest in the U.S., with the exception of California, run by Gavin Newscum, the Worst Governor in the State’s History.”
In the ultimate slam, Trump concluded by saying, “I’d even take Biden over Junior’, because our Country would last a year or two longer prior to collapse – But it would be dead either way. His Views on Vaccines are FAKE, as is everything else about his Candidacy. Let the Democrats have RFK Jr. They deserve him!”
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RFK Jr. is and always has been a leftist socialist. He was BFF with the Castro brothers and Hugo Chavez and is still BFF with Maduro! Whatever else Libertarians may be, the despise “Big Govt. Socialism!
You really want me to believe their are still people who will vote for this loser , traitor and what ever you want to call him and this abomination of administration who has did their best to destroy us, the citizens of the U.S. I know there is always 10% who can’t understand what is going on. To re-elect this I can not believe.
How is this “Jaw-Dropping?” The only thing “jaw-dropping” about Jr. is that he hasn’t followed the Kennedy tradition of being killed in a crash or by a bullet at a relatively young age.
RF K jr is just another Gun Hating liberal Kennedy. No Great Loss. Chase Olive is also a progressive, demoncrat, commie as well.