{"id":2239588,"date":"2024-05-07T20:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-dares-trump-to-debate-him-at-libertarian-convention-neutral-territory\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T20:05:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T00:05:46","slug":"rfk-jr-dares-trump-to-debate-him-at-libertarian-convention-neutral-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-dares-trump-to-debate-him-at-libertarian-convention-neutral-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr challenges Trump to debate at Libertarian event: &#8216;On neutral ground"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frfk-jr-dares-trump-to-debate-him-at-libertarian-convention-neutral-territory%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239588&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump and independent\u200c presidential candidate Robert F.\u2063 Kennedy Jr.\u200b are set to speak at the Libertarian National Convention\u2064 in Washington, D.C., starting May \u200d24. Kennedy has proposed a debate between them at the event, calling it &#8220;perfect neutral territory.&#8221; \u2064He aims \u200bto show the American public that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-trump-leads-in-south-carolina-against-haley\/\" title=\"Poll shows Trump ahead of Haley in South Carolina\">major \u200dcandidates<\/a> can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-see-the-recapture-of-the-sufa-military-outpost-in-southern-israel\/\" title=\"Israel recaptures Sufa Military Outpost in southern Israel.\">fearlessly engage<\/a>\u2064 in debates, as confirmed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/check-out-the-bravest-gun-rights-speech-youll-ever-see\/\" title=\"Check Out The Bravest Gun Rights Speech You\u2019ll Ever See\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firm-linked-to-joe-biden-scrubs-website-of-all-china-related-business\/\" title=\"Firm Linked To Joe Biden Scrubs Website Of All China Related Business\">convention<\/a> organizers<\/a>. Kennedy also highlighted his growing voter\u200d support among Trump&#8217;s former backers.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> speaking at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/libertarianism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Libertarian<\/a> National Convention in Washington, D.C., starting May 24, the latter has an idea for their intriguing intersection: a debate.<\/p>\n<p>In an open letter <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RobertKennedyJr\/status\/1787876409177735639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>posted<\/a> on X, Kennedy challenged Trump to a debate at the convention, which he said is \u201cperfect neutral territory\u201d where organizers \u201care game\u201d for the showdown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo let\u2019s meet at the Libertarian convention and show the American public that at least two of the major candidates aren\u2019t afraid to debate each other,\u201d Kennedy said. \u201cI asked the convention organizers and they are game for us to use our time there to bring the American people the debate they deserve!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The independent candidate egged Trump on further.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m also drawing a lot of voters from your former supporters,\u201d Kennedy boasted, referring to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/rfk-jr-candidacy-hurts-trump-biden-nbc-news-poll-finds-rcna148536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-says-white-women-voted-for-youngkin-so-they-could-pretend-slavery-didnt-happen\/\" title=\"Sunny Hostin Says White Women Voted For Youngkin So They Could Pretend Slavery Didn\u2019t Happen\">polls indicating<\/a><\/a> that Trump is losing some support to Kennedy. \u201cThey are upset that you blew up the deficit, shut down their businesses during Covid, and filled your administration with swamp creatures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy will speak at the Libertarian Convention on May 24, followed by Trump on May 25, so the two candidates will not have a guaranteed meeting. If Trump\u2019s refusal to debate in the Republican primaries is any indication, he is unlikely to debate RFK Jr. Trump\u2019s refusal was due to a belief he had nothing to gain from intraparty attacks on him when he had a large lead in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>A similar scenario could be playing out with Kennedy, as he only polls at a 10% average,<a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\"> per <\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/polls\/president-general\/2024\/national\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>FiveThirtyEight<\/a>. <\/em>Kennedy argued that some polls have him above the 15% presidential debate threshold, attempting to justify a debate between the two.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump sought to speak at the Libertarian convention in an attempt to gather voters outside of the Republican debates and likely to cut off Libertarian support for Kennedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLibertarians are some of the most independent and thoughtful thinkers in our Country, and I am honored to join them in Washington, DC, later this month,\u201d Trump said in a previous statement. \u201cWe must all work together to help advance freedom and liberty for every American, and a second Trump Administration will achieve that goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., starting May 24. Kennedy proposed a debate between them in an open letter on X, challenging Trump to engage in a lively discussion at the event<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2239589,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-07-May-2024-07-28-PM-757-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MixCollage-07-May-2024-07-28-PM-757-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}