Or at least that's what we think he said, it's difficult to hear over all the booing.
Former president Donald Trump tried to cozy up with the Libertarian Party on Saturday, but it didn’t go well. As boos and chants of “End the Fed” filled the convention during his speech, there were two campaign promises that brought cheers from the crowd: commuting the sentence of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht and protecting crypto. “He’s already served 11 years, we are going to get him home,” Trump told the crowd.
“He wants Libertarian voters, and if he agreed to free Ross he would get a lot of votes.” Of course, these people ignore the evidence that Ulbricht commissioned multiple hits against his enemies. Prosecutors said no one was ever killed but the allegations eventually played a role in his sentencing. Trump also tried to win favor with Libertarians by focusing on cryptocurrency, in general. “I will also stop Joe Biden’s crusade to crush crypto,” Trump told the crowd. “We’re going to stop it.
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