Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is addressing the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, DC, Friday afternoon.
Although Kennedy indicated last month he would not seek the Libertarian Party’s nomination, he has long promoted libertarian policies and values.
Democrat-aligned PAC MoveOn has invested in a mobile billboard campaign to dissuade convention attendees from supporting Kennedy.
Former President Trump will also be speaking at the Libertarian convention this weekend. Trump has been ahead of Biden in recent swing state polls. But the lead is narrow enough in some that a small number of independent and Libertarian voters could make the difference in the electoral college.
I really don't understand this new shift in the Libertarian Party. Does the new LP actually like Trump or RFK Jr? I personally strongly dislike both, and I strongly dislike Biden.
I'm trying to give this new LP leadership a chance, but signals like this really confuse me. I'll probability give this a watch out of curiosity (i.e. what do either of them think libertarians want to hear from them?), but I'm really not that interested in what the LP is doing these days and will probability change my party affiliation to Unaffiliated soon.
Seems it was a push by the owner class, people at the top of the LP that may have pushed it.
RFK Jr.'s VP is also a billionaire so funding potential and influence is quite high on that end, not to mention the Kennedy name has a lot of connections.
All this people are part of the 'swamp' Trump claims to be against, but in reality that only try to tailor their talks to the working class, then once in office they continue the status quo for the most part.
I’m trying to give this new LP leadership a chance
Yes, I also prefer to make up my own mind about people instead of just hearing things about them second hand, so as to realign my views on said people.
Always good to make some time to watch major videos like this.
I already know RFK Jr. lied about being anti-war and being america first, seems he is Israel first, as well as other politicians trying to appeal to the working class.
Good luck on finding the party affiliation that fits your policy and views!
Yup, I'll probably end up Unaffiliated or Independent again... But there's a minority party in my state that's basically centrist breakoff from the local Democratic Party, and they seem to have a better shot than any of the others, while being somewhat okay.
It really doesn't matter though. I live in a very red state so Republican candidates will win pretty much every seat. But I think I'll run for state house or something someday (my rep has been unopposed as long as I remember), so I'll probably need to pick a party again at some point.
But yeah, I'll wait and see who the LP nominates before deciding whether it's something I'm comfortable aligning myself with.