I regret to inform you that the Libertarian Party is again doing things that are in the interests of the Libertarian Party.
As RedState reported, Donald Trump appeared at the Libertarian Party National Convention on Friday, and things didn’t quite go according to plan. The crowd was overly hostile, raining down boos throughout the former president’s speech, although he did receive a few lines of applause related to a possible pardon for Ross Ulbricht.
Still, as I argued afterward, this was a good thing for Trump. Showing up and confronting people who don’t like you shows strength, not weakness. He also punched the libertarians in the face, and that alone was worth the flight there.
SEE: Trump was booed relentlessly at the LNC. Here’s why this is a good thing for him
Trump dunks LOLbertarians at their own party convention. Hahahahahaha pic.twitter.com/ZoZnBoTfDS
— Magills (@magills_) 26 May 2024
To be clear, there is a difference between a libertarian and a libertarian, meaning someone who is a member of the national party. Senator Rand Paul is a libertarian and he has some great policy positions. Some RedState writers are also libertarians and there is nothing wrong with that. Most Republicans even hold some libertarian views.
But the Libertarian Party? As a whole, it’s a joke, and as if to justify Trump’s criticism, they ended up nominating that very party.
🚨 The Libertarians just nominated Chase Oliver, who has PUBLICLY called for:
➡️ Transgender children
➡️ Mandatory mask and vaccination
➡️ Men in women’s sports
➡️ Open bordersAnd that is exactly what he is demanding under Biden
What a joke. This guy doesn’t even come close to 3% 🤣 pic.twitter.com/Xa5fELQc32
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 27, 2024
I want to give the Libertarian Party some unsolicited advice they don’t want to hear. If your entire idea of ”freedom” revolves around legalized cocaine, gender reassignment surgery for children, and open borders (which means violating other people’s property rights), then you deserve to sink into irrelevance.
If the Libertarian Party wanted to be relevant—and I’m not sure they do—they would focus their message on uncontroversial libertarian ideals around issues like government spending, personal liberty, and the Second Amendment. Instead, like a mouse to cheese, they just can’t facilitate but focus the discussion on eliminating the age of consent and “passing” children on. That will never be a popular issue, nor should it be.
You can be libertarian and still believe in the existence of borders. You can be libertarian and still believe that a company should not have the right to force its employees to get a vaccination that has nothing to do with their work. You can be libertarian and still think that child mutilation in the name of transsexuality should not be legal.
Should the Libertarian Party have nominated Donald Trump? No, they shouldn’t have. That would have been stupid, because he’s not a libertarian in the true sense of the word. Still, could the Libertarian Party try to nominate someone who’s halfway normal? Someone like Rand Paul, for example? I think the answer is no.
