Trump and RFK Jr. appear at Libertarian National Convention

Former Pres. and current hopeful Donald Trump and Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attended the event Friday. ABC News’ Maryalice Parks reports live from the convention in Washington D.C.

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[rwitiqz]

RFK jr didn't have a "failed" democratic run, he wasn't even allowed to run in democratic primaries. Get the facts straight.

[terrancebettencourt-inxg]

Trump attacking rfk Jr is really stupid

[mrmaat]

There’s nothing libertarian about Trump.

[hectorlopez-ysdw]

Another lie... independent candidates helping Trump is just another lie... Shame on you people.

[razednblazed]

they chose the weirdest clip from his speech. LOL

[fuzy]

I like the part where the chanted f trump while debating why he should be there

[hmmm...]

Wow! What a difference between Trump's pandering rhetoric and RFK's speech. Night and day. I knew what to expect from each, and I wasn't wrong. Anyone who thinks Trump is more presidential than Kennedy is too far gone to help. - Kennedy '24

[frosty]

RFK jr as president would outperform Trump any day

[TheTee]

Trumps idea of courting the Libertarians is demanding they nominate him or vote for him. He even made comments about how they only get 3% of the votes in a way that spoke down to them. Give me a break

[loveofinquiry]

I’d like to see Kennedy and Trump to debate!🇺🇸

[TwilightontheTrail]

Watching these newscasts is like which spin on this do you prefer.Do you prefer where rfk and trump are wasting their time? Do you prefer Trump is coming to save us ? Whichever one you prefer depends on which news outlet you choose.

[ryankessler]

RFK JR said what he’s said all along, try listening to his 2-3 hour podcasts. He’s very Libertarian.

[thehumanconversationalist]

So when exactly is this debate suppose to be held? All I've heard so far is that it's tomorrow, except that it says this was posted 17 hours ago...so does that mean today & what time?? Will a Libertarian also be represented as an actual candidate? Who's on the panel?...

[matthewmccloskey]

I’m voting for Kennedy in Michigan as a former democrat

[lxzgvub]

I thought they were going to debate each other on the same stage. The same day. That is what i wanted to see. Why are Trump and Biden so afraid to debate RFK, Jr. Well I guess Trump has time to come up with an excuse for pandemic.

[diamondjones]

Interesting strategy to let outside candidates come make a case. It won't change my vote, but it's an interesting strategy.

[Balance]

Trump is no libertarian, he feeds on others.

[MorganRobertsActor]

God bless these reporters… they were just taking orders.

[jarrodmelson]

They booed Trump so mercilessly hahahah!

[vintagelady]

Libertarian: Someone who doesn't want the government to interfere in anything unless it's to his/her benefit. My dad was libertarian leaning until his neighbor planted trees at the edge of his (neighbor's) property. My parents had an "ocean view" (standing on your tiptoes on their upstairs deck you could see a faint sliver of silver that was the ocean!) & the trees would block their "view" as they grew. By golly, he wanted the city, the county, the state to do something about that person planting trees on his own property! And when they wouldn't intervene, he grumbled about how useless government was! We laughed about that a lot & he finally sort of admitted to the contradiction.