WASHINGTON — Hours after former President Donald Trump asked Libertarians for his party’s nomination and votes, the party’s chairman said he failed to provide the proper documentation.
“I also discovered that Mr. Trump did not turn in any nomination papers,” Libertarian Party Chairwoman Angela McArdle announced to delegates on Sunday. “But he was nominated and it feels good to be nominated.”
Moments earlier, the crowd at the Libertarian National Convention jeered the man who nominated Trump for consideration.
“I would like to nominate the greatest president of our time, Donald J. Trump,” the libertarian said as the crowd of delegates booed loudly in response.
Another man stepped to the microphone to argue that Trump did not qualify for the nomination, to which the crowd responded with applause and a partial standing ovation.
Reached for comment, a Trump campaign spokesperson pointed to Trump’s post on Truth Social.
“The reason I did not file the paperwork for the Libertarian Nomination, which I would have gotten if I wanted (as everyone could tell from the crowd’s enthusiasm last night!), was the fact that, as a Republican candidate, I am not authorized to have the nomination of another party,” he said in the post.
The Republican National Committee did not immediately respond to a request for clarification of the party’s rules.
The audience heckled Trump throughout his speech Saturday night, at times hurling curses and insults. Certain sections of his remarks, such as his statement that he did not start new wars during his term, were met with applause.
Trump repeatedly asked the public to nominate or vote for him. The public, however, was consistently hostile towards him, especially when he suggested they support him.
“I think you should nominate me or at least vote for me,” Trump said Saturday night. The crowd booed.
There is a history of Trump’s nomination by the New York Conservative Party in 2016 It is in 2020 while he maintained his Republican nomination. Trump was not the Libertarian candidate in 2016 or 2020.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request to clarify Trump’s previous dual appointments in New York.
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