Tensions rose at the Libertarian National Convention as delegates filed into a ballroom to see Donald Trump speak, only to find seats were not saved for them.
The delegates, who were told they would have priority seating at the speech, entered the ballroom to find it nearly full.that delegates, who were conducting convention business in another chamber, ended their official proceedings early to make sure they had seating.
“What’s happening right now is not fun,” McArdle said before asking the first four rows to leave their seats. “Those 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’t agree to vote for the same person.”
“As someone who’s 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,” Lyon continued. “I don’t 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’s not the case, like, we oppose Trump. I can’t tell you how many times in the meetings between yesterday and today people were angry that Trump is even here.
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.
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