2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday night promised the Libertarian Party that he would appoint party officials to positions in his administration if he is elected on the party’s vote.
Trump attended the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C. address He called for the support of third-party voters. The former president urged libertarians not to “jeopardize” President Joe Biden’s reelection and to vote for Trump instead.
“Nominate me or vote for me. Vote for me. Because the Libertarian Party wants to vote for me, and most of them will, and that’s very important, because we have to get rid of the worst president in history, and we’re going to do it together,” Trump said of Biden. “And without that, we’re in danger of not having a country in four more years.”
“So what’s the purpose of the Libertarian Party getting 3 percent?” the Republican candidate asked. “Why risk letting this awful president destroy our country? He’ll get it done in less than four years. Less than four years.”
“That’s why I’m promising you tonight that I’ll put a Libertarian in my Cabinet and I’ll put a Libertarian in senior office,” Trump said as the crowd roared.
“That’s pretty good. That’s pretty big,” he said. “Or we can just carry on doing what we’ve been doing for the last couple decades and get 3 percent, meet up and get another 3 percent. No, you want to be a winner. Now is the time to be a winner. You have common sense. Now is the time to be a winner.”
Trump’s appearance at the event drew mixed reactions from attendees, with Republican candidates being greeted with cheers and boos as he spoke, and one libertarian group even tried to exclude Trump and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dealt with Friday’s rally deviated from the convention agenda and saw physical altercations and vulgar insults erupt. POLITICO report. (RELATED: “Let’s make the news tonight!”: Trump drops hints to reporters about VP pick)
Trump also vowed to commute the sentence of Ross Ulbricht, founder of the “Silk Road” website, who was sentenced to two life sentences plus 40 years in prison. A 2015 Department of Justice report found that Ulbricht’s website was used for a variety of illegal transactions, including selling drugs, hacking services and providing fake IDs. press releaseTrump said Ulbricht had “already served 11 years” and that “we’re bringing him home,” drawing an enthusiastic reaction from the audience.
