this 2020 four campaign trail brings you highlights from the libertarian party'on in was. an in-depth look at the senate race. first, the political headline of the past week. former president trump was found guilty on 34 felony counts in the hush money case against him in new york city. mr. trump had this to say the day after the manhattan jury returned its verdict. from the leading person, the president i am under a gag order sentences together.

given by a court. in total conjunction to the white house and the doj. this is all done by biden and his people. maybe his people more important. i don't know if biden knows too much about it. i don't know if he knows much about anything. he's nevertheless the president, so we have to use his name. this is done by washington. nobodyseen anything like it. we have a judge that is highly conflicted, you know what the confliction is. nobody wants to write about it. i'm not allowed to talk about it. he said i get put in jail. we will play that game a little bit longer. we will not talk aut it. i hope you do. there has never been anybody so conflicted. as fare trial itself, it was very unfair. allowed to use our election expert under you saw wf

the witnesses on our side, they were literally crucified by this man who looks like an angel, but he is really a devil. he looks so nice and soft. people say he seems like such a nice man. unless you saw him in action and we saw that with a certain witness who went through hell. and when we wanted to do things, he would not let t-- things. but when the government wanted something, they got everything. they got everything they wanted. it was a rigged trial. we wanted a venue change. or we could have a fair trial. we did not get it. we wanted a judge, one that was not conflicted. obviously he did not do that. nobody has ever seen anything like it. let me give you the good news. the good news is last night, we

just got a report this morning. they raised with small money donors, like $21, $38, a record $39 million in about a 10 hour period. think of tt. p was ekds libertarian partyrs national convention. he was one of two non-libertarians who spo a the conventio making his case the party should support his candidacy instead of the party's own presidential nomine next, highlights from his remarks there and the failed attempt to nominate mr. trump as a libertarian candidate.

>> a lot of people ask why i came to speak at this libertarian convention. it is an interesting qstion, isn't it? but we are going to have a lot of fun. in the last year, i have been indicted by the government on 91 different things. if i was in a libertarian before, i sure as hell am a libertarian no9 w. our rights and freedoms have never been more in danger than they are right now. why i've come to extend a hand of friendship to ask for your partnership to defeat communism, defeat marxism, and defeat crooked joe biden who is destroying our country. we can be libertarian or anything else. this man is destroying our country.

the fact is we should not be fighting each other. if joe biden gets back in, there will be no more liberty for anyone in our country. combined with us in a partnership, we are asking that of the libertarians, we must work together. combined with us, you have to combined with us. we cannot give crooked joe biden four more years. and i stand before you tonight as your best hope of defeating the weaponized biden and a very evil regime that his people -- it is probably not him, because he does not know where the hell he is, but that his people are pursuing. you can make the difference. the libertarian party can make a

big difference. the libertarian party can make a big difference. together we can make america freer than ever before for citizens of all backgrounds and all walks of life. we can unleash newwe can releasd government so that the people can have an unlimited future. united, we will be unstoppable. if we unite, we are unstoppable. i will be a true friend to libertarians in the white house. a libertarian who may very well be in the room right now, i believe. but he is a great libertarian. . who i have become friends with through his writings in the american spectator and numerous other places. wrote an article in which he mentions some of the things that make me a libertarian without

even trying tohe wrote donald jl address the libertarian party at his national convention on saturday. libertarian party shouldnominatf unthat is nice. that is nice. only if you want to win. maybe you don't want to win. maybe you don't want to win. thank you. only do that if you want to win. if you want to lose, don't do that. years.etting your the reasons for doing so, policy and politics are as solid as the hope diamond.

he said this. this event is very unprecented, he said. as the cato institute president, peter gopher observed at thursday's washington post, it will be the first time in u.s. history a presidential candidate of a rival party will address the convention of a party that is presumably gathering to nominate its own candidate. now i think you nominate me, or at least vote for me, and we should win together. nominate me or vote for me. because■ the libertarians want o vote for me, and most of them will. and it is very important. because we have to get rid of the worst president in history. and together we will. without it, there is a rcould he

won't have a country left. so what is the purpose of the libertarian party getting 3%? what is the reason to take a chance of having this horrible president destroy our country, she will do in far less than four years -- it is not going to take four years. that is why i'm committing to you tonight that i will put a ian in my cabinet, and also libertarians and senior posts. ■jpretty good. that is pretty big. ■or you can keep going the way you have for the last long decade, get 3% and meet again, get another 3%. you want to make yourself winners. it is time to be winners, you have a lot of common sense. time to be a winner.

i am asking for the libertarian party's endorsement, or at least lots of your votes based on my four year, very outstanding presidential record. much of my record is libertarian. >> i would like to nomin the greatest president of our time, donald j. trump. >> can anyone tell if donald j. trump is able to accept the nomination? >> i object the consideration. >> i need you to be -- no madam chair yet, no points of order. we are in the middle of a nomination. i need to hear from my curd and chills chair if he's checked to

see if donald j. trump is a valid member of the libertarian party and fees register -- and if he's registered libertarian. please hold onto your seats. [applause] >> -- madam chair, i would like to confirm for the record and an entire body delegation that i did take the opportunity last night after that to credential mr.6[ trump. in all of the profiles, that not one time is he a basic sustaining member, so he does not qualify. ■x >> thank you. all right. thk you very much, mr. potter.

i also learned mr. trump did not turn in any nominating papers. buhe was nominated, and it is nice to be nominated. >> independent presidential contender robert f. kennedy, jr. also tried to make inroads at the libertarian convention and receed some support in the form of nominiotwo days after his remarks to the group. next, highlights from mr. kennedy's time at the coen in the nation's capital. >> i'm curious how president trump is going to defend his constitution when i meet him on the debating if -- debate in front of you and at some point, i hope he has the courage to stand up there so we can all talk about these issues

and make sure these assaults on our constitution never happen again. we need to have a civics lesson for the people to make sure it is never repeated. president trump left off the assault on the constitution intensified. president biden violated a freedom so fundamental, that james madison did not even think to put it in the bill of rights. he never imagined the government could mandate medical procedures to unwilling americans in violation autonomy. that is what happened during the pandemic. a program of coercion and information, chaos and information, control that prevented the public from making fully informed choices. that wasn't th of it. he put the power of his office

behind the assault of the one freedom upon which all other freedoms rely, the freedom of the press. we now know in the twitter files, from the discovery in the mercy versus biting case, and my own case which is in front of the supreme court, kennedy versus biden, at 37 h took the , president biden was colluding with theo coerce the social media sites google, twitter, facebook, youtube, instagram to open portals to allow the federal agencies to censor political speech of americans. i stand with you in valuing personal liberty. and i promise you that when i'm president, i'm going to protect

your right to speak freely. i'm going to protect your right to assemble peacefully. i will protect your freedom to worship area i will protect your right to keep and bear arms. >> good morning, madam chair. i'm from pennsylvania. >> i'm hector roose from florida. >> we would like to■ nominate robert f. kennedy, jr.. the single most important anti- two-party system we have seen in our lifetime. >> one moment, settle down. they have nominated robert f.ud kennedy, jr.. and he is a member of the libertarian party. >> he is, madam chair. as the credentials committee chair, i basic sustaining member. >> he is aóasit is my understand

turn in nomination papers that had the required amount of signatures on them. does he accept the nomination? >> we have confirmation that he does. me to call him and ask him if he accepts the nomination? good morning. i'm at the podium. i need to ask if you accept the nomination. he's going to get back to us. >> madam chair -- we are going to jump to microphone three. >> thank you. i do believe it is in the policy manual if you are a speaker at the convention, you have sign to say you will not seek the

nomination for president for the libertarian party, therefore his nomination is out of order. >> i'm going to give you my ruling and another piece of information. mr. kennedy did not sign any such agreement. and it was not during business hours or on the stage -- during convention business or on the e. so your point of order is not well taken. i would also state he did not turn in any statement on his intention to run for secretary. so his nomination is not in order at this time. >> point of oer, madame chairman. as has been team multiple times, an inability to accept the nomination or unwillingness to submit the paperwork in a timely fashion is tantamount to declining the nomination. the reason i got out of bed this morning was to make sure you had the paperwork and i would have expected the same respect from mr. kenniferious. the libertarian party --

[applause] is quite literally convened by definition, those who are t in the room today, i will leave it to you to define. i haedy did accept the nomination. this is the deal. it is time to read you guys in this body right now have a moment unlike any other. every single one of you in this room has a chance to change the course of history. not just for this country, but for the world. i understand, let's get something straight. robert kennedy is not a libertarian. can we admit that? let's get the elephant out of the room. exactly. let's get something else straight. we are all misfits, outcasts. few of you may have been born

libertarian. but the rest of us, we found our way here. we found enough pain either in e democrat party, whatever it was, to decide this is going to be our home. >> know i accept this unexpected honor. i will always admirehe libertarian party, aligned with core the antipathy toward war, the commitment to end our■f addiction to forever wars. and the love of personal freedoms and liberties, the understanding that we are going to fulfill -- is by exercising freedom of choice and that united states constitution global template, we are outlining those freedoms,

and those freedoms are sacrosanct. and that there are no exceptions. i'm going to protect these rights, your rights, the united states constitution. i'm going to end foreign wars. and i'm very grateful to the libertarian party, it is a great i look forward to an alliance across the country all of these parties are now challenging the republican and democrat corrupt after seven rounds of voting thatasd nearly 14 hours, the lirtarianarty nominated chase oliver as its presidential candidate. mr. oliver, who n r the u.s. senate in georgia in 2020 has a libertarian beat out other party hopefuls to be standardbearer for thise's presidential race.

next, some of his acceptance speech near the conclusion of the libertarian convention. >> thank you libertarian party. has today been a wild ride or what? right now, there are two things we said first and foremost. i want to thank those who invited me to youre, restaurante conventions. those who picked me up from the airport, who text banked so far, they thought i cheated because we had so many votes coming in. i want to say thank you to the presidential candidates who put themselves out there for the party. those of us who all ran for president, we had meals together, we took the same flight, we argued in several dozen debates. all of our arguments drew us stronger, and we are better for that.

i want to say thank you to the 500 members plus of our volunteer team who helped get the word across the country, and those who donated to the campaign. we had made the hard work over the last two years worth it. you answered the call when we asked for something. those who did notd in the campaign and spread liberty across all 50 states. the energy that everyone brought is exactly the energy we need to make freedom win. yes, i'm the candidate you nominated. but it is not about me. it is about all ofacross this c. we will win because you plan the events, you took care of me and picked me up from the airport, you text banked and you take

every needed request and helped this campaign. i want to preemptively say thank you to each and everyone of you who helped the campaign spread the message of freedom, liberty, individual rights, voluntary exchange, and peace from the war machine around the country. now you are going to get asked what is chase oliver? give me the elevator pitch. here is the elevator pitch. if you're living your life in peace free from force, fraud, coercion, theft, or violence, your life is yourn< life, your body is your body, your business is your business, and your life is your life. it is not mine to handle, and it is not the government costs ■now i know we've had a long da. and we've had many ballots.

i urge you -- we can make it a little longer. i'm going to get out of here. what i want to say in closing is i'm fighting or a world set free in our lifetime. are you? i'm fighting■j to end the wars that kill innocent people. are you willing to end the wars that kill innocent people all over the world? i'm tired of monetary policy and inflation destroying families across this country and forcing them to abject poverty for no other reason than the fact we print trillions of dollars a year to fund those wars. are you ready to end the inflation in our lives? i need you to get out and support me and support my running mate mike term. together, we will send the libertarian message loud and clear. i can think of no more fitting example of people coming togetherith a guy who marched in the streets as anlice accouna

former police officer who understands the need for that accountability. together, we are going to send this message to the millions of people who are sick and tired of being sick and tired. in particular, those numbers of generation z who know they don't want octogenthey want to run thn lives, and we should create the conditand the wars, the abuses,e taxation, and all taxation. because what is taxation? that is right. taxation is theft. we will stop the thieving that happens from our state all over the country. i need your help to do it. thank you very much, let's set the world free in our lifetime. >> usa today's ohio politics reporter here to talk about

sherrod brown, the incumbent senator from that state running for a fourth term. ■. >> how would you describe sherrod brown's politics? >> he is pretty progressive, but he's always focused a lot of his messaging on workers, workers

rights, and labor issues. he has not been shy about disagreeing with the biden administration and other past them presidents about issues like trade when he doesn't think it is serving ohio workers. he has spoken out in favor of things like student loan forgiveness. he was a big advocate for the abortion rights amendment on ohio's ballot, which passed last year and codified the right to an abortion. those are things we see him talking about. his campaign and things have always been a part of his brand. >> who are it -- his supporters and are they enough to win? >> he has a lot of really big union support, which will be helpful to him in this election. he has support from democrats across the state, abortion rights advocates.

one thing that will be interesting is he will also be on the ballot likely with a minimum wage increase issue that advocates are gathering signatures to support that on the ballot right now. seeing some overlap between those groups. >> you mentioned his challenger. what are his strengths? >> first and foremost, he's backed by trump that is an endorsement that plays well. trump-endorsed senator j.d. vance in 22. it propelled him to the republican primary, got him elect to office. that is really key. moreno can also play the political outsider card. that has become resident with a lot of republicans in ohio. people thinking so-called career politicians, may be looking for a change of pace in washington.

i think he has that. he also has an interesting back story. he is a businessman, he emigrated legally from columbia as a child. so immigration is a really big issue for his campaign and something that is talked a lot about in ohio. >> what are his weaknesses? i do think the political inexperience is a problem for him. never held elected office before, that shows sometimes. he's also been inconsistent on his positions, he changed his tune about things like immigration, gun control, even once upon a time was critical of trump. so democrats have already painted him as an inconsistent person, kind of just changing whichever way the wind blows. i think that is the message you

will hear through election night. >> describe their fundraising efforts as well as their ground games. >> senator brown by far has the fundraising advantage. he has been around for a while. he was able to raise money during the prep -- republican primary last year when marino was defending himself in that race. as of april, i think senator brown's campaign probably has 14 million or so in the bank. marino came out of the primary with about $1.7 million. they are both going to have support from tons of outside groups, from the national senate republican and democratic campaign arms because the race is so competitive. outside money is going to be pouring in. now that the republican primary is over, the donors will likely unite behind marino because they want to see sherrobrown out of office.

general election. this is covered by the new jersey globe and is about what our.