Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate

[kingofnyc]

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Gary Johnson, shown during a campaign event at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., on Tuesday. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG NEWS
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BYRON TAU
Sep 16, 2016 3:39 pm ET
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Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and Jill Stein of the Green Party have failed to qualify for the first general election debate, in a significant blow to their already long-shot presidential campaigns.

The Commission on Presidential Debates said Friday that only Republican Donald Trumpand Democrat Hillary Clinton qualified to be on the stage at the Sept. 26 debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y.

The commission requires that candidates seeking to participate in the debates meet the eligibility requirement for president, have enough ballot access to win an Electoral College majority, and have at least 15% support of the national electorate in five predetermined marquee polls.

Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate

 

[VegasCAC]

#establishmentset

 

[Pull Up the Roots]

Damn. I was hoping Jill Stein would make it. I wanted to see her get embarrassed.

 

[Project Leaf]

Just more chances for Hillary to die onstage

 

[SirReginald]

If Hillary loses that first debate

 

[kingofnyc]

Damn. I was hoping Jill Stein would make it. I wanted to see her get embarrassed.

miss anti science
how dose anybody take a woman who think wi-fi is destroying kids brains serious

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Once again proving third parties are a joke.

 

[Atlrocafella]

 

[Tate]

Johnson deserves to be on the stage. Current rules for qualifying for the debates are purposely tedious and ridiculous. Johnson is pulling 10+% in multiple states. He has the potential to decide the election. We deserve to see him on that stage.

 

[JahFocus CS]

Really, the threshold should be no more than 5% for the debates.

Other countries are much more democratic than the U.S. The U.S. has just one more major party than those one-party states. Think about that.

 

[the next guy]

Gary Johnson, Jill Stein Fail to Qualify for First Presidential Debate

This is actually pathetic and not funny in anyway. The system is a joke.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Really, the threshold should be no more than 5% for the debates.

Other countries are much more democratic than the U.S. The U.S. has just one more major party than those one-party states. Think about that.

That middle school angst

 

[Gentility]

miss anti science
how dose anybody take a woman who think wi-fi is destroying kids brains serious

Yeah you right. The debate was a chance to expose this looney tune before the nation. Instead she gets to live on mythically as someone who might be fit for the presidency, soaking up wasted votes.

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

Yeah you right. The debate was a chance to expose this looney tune before the nation. Instead she gets to live on mythically as someone who might be fit for the presidency, soaking up wasted votes.

LOL, Loser Stein and Loser Johnson. You're so right!

Complete and utter imbeciles.

 

[yeyeye]

LOL, Loser Stein and Loser Johnson. You're so right!

Complete and utter imbeciles.

yo is this a trump alias