Videos showing former President Donald Trump being greeted with loud boos at the Libertarian National Convention on Saturday night have gone viral on social media.
Trump and President Joe Biden, the presumptive Republican and Democratic candidates for the 2024 presidential election, respectively, in March, and both are continuing their crusade ahead of the November election. On Saturday, Trump addressed the conference in Washington, D. C. , before opting for his presidential bid. nominated on Sunday.
Trump was the first former president to speak at the event, which was attended by about 1,000 attendees, in its 50-year history. However, while speaking to the crowd, he booed him several times in videos posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“A seething, unpopular Trump is lashing out and belittling the public by booing them,” the Biden-Harris headquarters wrote on X, while posting a video that garnered 1 million views Sunday morning.
A seething, unpopular Trump lashes out and belittles the public while booing them pic. twitter. com/K0M6fP3SVj
In the video, Trump can be seen responding to the crowd by mocking libertarians for their election record. “But do that only if you need to win. If you need to lose, don’t. Maybe you don’t need to win. ” Continue to get 3 to 4 percent [in the general election] every year,” the former president said.
The Libertarian Party, founded in 1971 and supporting capitalism without government tutelage or civil liberties, is the third-largest political party in the United States in terms of voter registration, but it doesn’t have much influence on American politics. 3% of the national vote and has few elected representatives.
In article X, Acyn, senior virtual editor at MeidasTouch, shared a video, which garnered more than 370,000 perspectives Sunday morning, that showed Trump facing boos when he suggested libertarians vote for him while taking aim at Biden.
“Trump started his speech with boos and Trump ended his speech with boos. Coherent,” Acyn wrote in X.
Trump began his speech with boos and Trump ended his speech with boos. Consistent pic. twitter. com/Yco7c6y3Uy
“And again, they can appoint us, put us in this position, or give us their vote. I would say nominate us or give us your vote, but we need libertarian votes because you defend what we stand for and you don’t lose. “”And don’t let the worst president in the history of our country come back and destroy America forever,” Trump said to boos.
Trump wasn’t the only one booed in the crowd, as Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee also booed when he spoke in favor of Trump.
Ron Filipkowski, editor-in-chief of MeidasTouch, shared a video, which was viewed more than 700,000 times Sunday morning, in which Lee booed as he encouraged the crowd to vote for Trump.
“I inspire you, pay attention to Donald Trump, Donald Trump, fix the Constitution,” the senator said.
Newsweek reached out to the Trump crusade email for comment.
Mike Lee encourages the crowd to vote for Trump at the libertarian conference and is booed pic. twitter. com/P5jX5EZH4J
However, others showed their support for the Republican and chanted “We need Trump” in his speech, but were soon drowned out by loud boos from the crowd.
In X post, Acyn shared a video, which garnered more than 700,000 perspectives Sunday morning, of the moment when Trump supporters sought to mobilize support.
“Trump supporters sing Trump and are temporarily drowned out by boos,” Acyn wrote.
Trump supporters come out to sing Trump and are temporarily drowned out by boos pic. twitter. com/Ok4rwUaRJj
The crowd at the libertarian conference cheered when Trump promised to sentence the mastermind of the deep Internet market, Ross Ulbricht, who has lately been serving a life sentence for the now-defunct illegal online marketplace, “Silk Road. “
In an email to Newsweek Saturday night, Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump’s campaign, said they “absolutely knew” “that this was not exactly the home base” of the Republican front-runner.
“There will be other people who will need him to be there, and others who won’t need him to be there, but we’re on the offensive and vying for non-traditional votes to unite the country,” Miller said. “President Trump is “going to be commended for running and making it transparent that he needs to win the votes of Libertarian Party members and other people who are more libertarian-minded. “
Natalie Venegas is a weekend reporter at Newsweek in New York City. She focuses on education, social justice issues, physical care, crime, and politics, while specializing in marginalized and underrepresented communities. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, Natalie worked with news. publications such as Adweek, Al Día, and Austin Monthly Magazine. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a bachelor’s degree in journalism. You can contact Natalie by emailing n. venegas@newsweek. com
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