{"id":2252956,"date":"2024-05-25T19:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libertarians-and-maga-supporters-clash-ahead-of-trump-speech-this-isnt-your-convention\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T19:56:53","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T23:56:53","slug":"libertarians-and-maga-supporters-clash-ahead-of-trump-speech-this-isnt-your-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/libertarians-and-maga-supporters-clash-ahead-of-trump-speech-this-isnt-your-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertarians and MAGA supporters clash before Trump speech: &#8220;Not your typical convention."},"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%2Flibertarians-and-maga-supporters-clash-ahead-of-trump-speech-this-isnt-your-convention%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=2252956&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>The Libertarian National \u200bConvention in Washington was marked by tensions as\u200d delegates gathered to hear Donald Trump speak. Despite assurances of priority seating, the ballroom was nearly full, prompting conflicts between Trump supporters and Libertarian delegates. Chairwoman Angela \u2062McArdle urged Trump supporters to vacate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/failure-is-an-option\/\" title=\"Failure Is an Option\">front row<\/a> seats for Libertarian delegates, emphasizing the need for unity and \u200dunderstanding.  <\/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>Tensions rose at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/libertarian-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Libertarian National Convention\">Libertarian National Convention<\/a> on Saturday as delegates filed into a ballroom at a hotel in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Washington D.C.\">Washington<\/a> to hear former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Libertarian National Convention\">Donald Trump<\/a> speak.<\/p>\n<p>The delegates, who were told they would have priority seating at the speech, entered the ballroom to find it nearly full.<\/p>\n<p>Eric Bowling, a delegate from Virginia, told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that delegates, who were conducting convention business in another chamber, ended their official proceedings early to make sure they had seating.<\/p>\n<p>Libertarian National Committee Chairwoman Angela McArdle, who was reelected to her position Saturday, asked the front rows, which held multiple supporters of Trump, to leave their seats to make room for the Libertarian delegates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s happening right now is not fun,\u201d McArdle said before asking the first four rows to leave their seats. \u201cThose of you who are Donald Trump supporters: I think what I would like to see tonight is for us to all get along and come to an understanding and find areas of agreement even if we don\u2019t agree to vote for the same person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kelsey Lyon, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">communications director<\/a> for Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> there was no reason that the party\u2019s delegates should not be front and center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, there are Trump supporters right in the front row over there, and we were told that we would have priority seating as delegates,\u201d Lyon said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who\u2019s been in the Libertarian Party a long time, we fight Joe Biden and Trump on a lot of these issues, right, and we have our own presidential candidate,\u201d Lyon continued. \u201cI don\u2019t want the optics to be we have a room full of MAGA hats, and a room full of people who are supporting him. And when that\u2019s not the case, like, we oppose Trump. I can\u2019t tell you how many times in the meetings between yesterday and today people were angry that Trump is even here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oliver and Lyon were among the members who were not able to find seating upon entering the ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Lerol, a delegate from Maryland and the state Libertarian treasurer, was seated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-new-kind-of-child-abuse-rob-schneider-retweets-video-on-extreme-covid-measures-in-school\/\" title=\"\u2018A New Kind Of Child Abuse\u2019: Rob Schneider Retweets Video On Extreme COVID Measures In School\">back row<\/a> of the room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously, there\u2019s a lot of upset, and people are feeling like they were robbed of their seats,\u201d he said. \u201cI definitely did not expect to be in the back corner despite getting here early.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anger rose again when Michael Rectenwald, another presidential candidate, took the stage. He was met with boos from Trump supporters multiple times as spoke, including after he said that the former president had a lot to learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot to teach Donald Trump,\u201d Rectenwald said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know if he has any capacity to learn.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The room soon devolved into a shouting match between Trump supporters and Libertarian Party members.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t your convention,\u201d one Libertarian shouted in between chants of \u201cTrump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrump did nothing to drain the swamp,\u201d another Libertarian screamed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A protest effort against Trump was stymied after rubber chickens, brought by a super PAC supporting independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., that some members were attempting to bring in were confiscated by the Secret Service, according to Libertarian communications director Brian McWilliams.<\/p>\n<p>The chickens, which made noise when squeezed, had \u201cdebate Bobby\u201d written on them. Kennedy has been challenging Trump to a debate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tensions heightened at the Libertarian National Convention as delegates gathered in a Washington hotel ballroom to listen to former President Donald Trump. Despite being promised priority seating, delegates found the venue almost at capacity. 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