{"id":2253358,"date":"2024-05-26T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-request-to-be-libertarian-nominee-shot-down-while-rfk-jr-gets-chance-to-compete\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T11:56:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T15:56:36","slug":"trump-request-to-be-libertarian-nominee-shot-down-while-rfk-jr-gets-chance-to-compete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-request-to-be-libertarian-nominee-shot-down-while-rfk-jr-gets-chance-to-compete\/","title":{"rendered":"Libertarian Party rejects Trump&#8217;s nomination bid, offers RFK Jr. a competing chance"},"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%2Ftrump-request-to-be-libertarian-nominee-shot-down-while-rfk-jr-gets-chance-to-compete%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=2253358&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>Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has qualified for the \u200bLibertarian Party&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/3-republicans-say-they-wont-support-mccarthy-for-speaker\/\" title=\"3 Republicans Say They Won't Support McCarthy for Speaker\">nomination vote<\/a>.\u2064 In contrast, former President Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2063nomination, proposed by New Mexico Delegate Brian Poetter, was declined\u200b due to his non-membership in the\u2062 Libertarian party. Robert F.\u2063 Kennedy Jr., \u200ban <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evan-mcmullin-is-the-democrats-utah-senate-candidate\/\" title=\"Evan McMullin Is The Democrats\u2019 Utah Senate Candidate\">independent presidential candidate<\/a>, has\u2062 successfully been added to\u2064 the voting list \u2062for Libertarian Party&#8217;s nomination.\u200d On the other hand, despite being nominated by Brian Poetter, a delegate from \u200bNew Mexico,\u2063 Donald Trump&#8217;s bid was rejected because he isn&#8217;t a member of the Libertarian Party.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Independent presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert F. Kennedy Jr <\/a>qualified to be voted on for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/libertarian-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Libertarian Party<\/a>\u2019s nomination Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump <\/a>was nominated by New Mexico Delegate Brian Poetter, but did not qualify as he is not a member of the Libertarian Party, spokeswoman Jennifer Haubein told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Trump attended the convention Saturday, but was met with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3017868\/libertarians-maga-supporters-clash-trump-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a mixed reaction<\/a> from the crowd. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Pennsylvania Delegate Nathan Romig and Hector Roos, a delegate from Florida, nominated Kennedy, who reportedly accepted the nomination. Votes will take place later Sunday for who will be the party\u2019s official nominee for president.\u00a0Some other notable nominees include Libertarians Chase Oliver, Mike Ter Maat, and Michael Rectenwald.<\/p>\n<p>At the convention, one point of order was raised that Kennedy would not be permitted to run as a Libertarian because he did not sign a statement that he was going to seek the nomination as a condition of being a speaker at the event. However, after some back and forth, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-the-jan-6-show-trials-are-really-after\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What The Jan. 6 Show Trials Are Really After\">party moved forward<\/a> with allowing Kennedy to be considered.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy\u2019s pick for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>, was in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/aaronpellish\/status\/1794540378936242350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>attendance<\/a> at the convention.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Trump asked to receive the Libertarian nomination during his speech in front of the third party Saturday night, however, his request was mostly met with booing and jeers from members of the Libertarian party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he thinks he\u2019s going to win our party\u2019s nomination, he\u2019s more delusional than I thought,\u201d Libertarian Party presidential contender Chase Oliver said following Trump\u2019s remarks. \u201c\u2026 If Donald Trump thinks that he can come in here in our house and earn our nomination, he\u2019s got another thing coming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eligible for the Libertarian Party\u2019s nomination, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to be voted on. Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s nomination by Delegate Brian Poetter of New Mexico got rejected due to his absence of membership in the Libertarian Party, as per spokeswoman Jennifer Haubein. Trump, however, attended the convention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2253359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24145774757209.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24145774757209.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253358","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253358"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253358\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}