Update 1, May 4: Angela McArdle, LNC chair, apparently screwed the pooch on how she released the news. She apparently also let someone else screw the pooch by letting Trump merch being hawked on the Libertarian Party website. (That doesn't surprise me, and confirms that this is in part about trying to replenish highly diminished coffers.) See below for more on that, as well as for the possibility this might not happen, and if it does, might further splinter an already splintering party. Note: Photo comes from a Reddit site apparently devoted to "tracking" Truth Social. Surely either Never Trumper Rethuglicans or Blue Anons.
Why?
Not "why" on Trump accepting. That's a no-brainer.
Why did the Mises Mice accept this idea? Why did McAwful (like her non-sister Megan McAwful) propose this? And, what happens if he stampedes the convention into giving him a co-nomination? (And, yes, unless Trump is in one of the last two guest speakers on the afternoon of Sunday, May 26, per the LNC schedule, he will otherwise speak before the LP's presidential nomination. So, yes, this could be a thing. Or somebody could make it one.) Congrats. You'll have chased off the rest of the non-Mises Mice. Given reality vs legend on Trump's own finances and largesse to others, you'll only deepen the party's deficit. (Oh, as with everywhere else, he'll stiff you for security bills.) And, you'll otherwise finish wrecking the party. Side news to that is that in some states where the Libertarians need X percent of the vote to maintain ballot access, they could well lose it.
Congrats!
As I said at Independent Political Report, when I didn't think Trump would agree, riffing on "Apocalypse Now": "I love the smell of desperation in the morning."
That said, per the link, I should give credit where credit is due. The Mice are apparently hoping at finding plenty of suckers, either in their own Libertariantards or in the #MAGAts, to pay $10 a pop to vote on what Trump should talk about at the convention.
Should Genocide Joe decide to accept? No. He should, in terms of political chess matches, trot out the worst statements by the dumbest of the Mises Mice. That said, let's talk about him more.
I am curious what Trump will say about the odious "Antisemitism Awareness Act," HR 6090, and even more about what the Mises Mice will say, if it comes up there.
That said? Will this happen? The LNC's treasurer is trying to cut it off.
Update, May 5: Not directly related to the Trump invite, but yes, directly related to the Libertarian dumpster fire on money in the pot that probably inspired the Trump invite, McAwful is being sued, and personally, not the LP.
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Side note: Trump reportedly has Marco Rubio on his shortlist for Veep. I immediately thought 12th Amendment, then the 2000 election. Problem? Rubio's a Florida U.S. Senator; Dick Cheney held no elected office in Texas and could easily establish residency in Wyoming. The Bulwark looks at all the problems a Rubio Veep would cause the Republican Party, which means Trump very well might do it, if nothing else to make Lil Marco kiss his ring.==
Donald Duck Trump is now going public his own self with his fears that reflect what many pollsters, pundits and GOP operatives have thought for some time: RFK Jr. threatens to take more votes from him than Biden.
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Cornel West is on the ballot in Vermont. The party, under previous name, nominated Gloria de la Riva of PSL in 2020, which means Claudia de la Cruz is cut out there.
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