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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Joe Sommerlad

Libertarian candidate reveals he took an edible before bashing ‘buffoonish’ Trump in convention speech

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Libertarian presidential candidate Dr Michael Rectenwald has revealed that he took an edible before taking to the stage at the party’s convention to give a speech where he laid into “buffoonish” Donald Trump.

The presumptive Republican presidential nominee had given a speech at the convention in Washington DC on Saturday evening and was booed and jeered by the audience when he urged them to vote for him.

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