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Third Party Supporters Protest Exclusion From Debate

Scott Morgan
/
AP
Supporters cheer as Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson speaks during a campaign rally in early September at Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Supporters of Libertarian Candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party Candidate Jill Stein say they will continue to protest their exclusion from the presidential debates.

Dozens of Stein and Green supporters marched up and down Hempstead Turnpike in the so-called Free Speech Zone at the site of Monday night’s first debate. Kyle Van Meter supports Gary Johnson.

“That’s one thing I do agree with Trump on, is that the system is rigged, especially these debates.”

Jennifer Allen drove from Nebraska to make the case for Jill Stein. She too believes the Democrats and Republicans are conspiring to keep third parties out.

“We have candidates that can’t debate because they can’t get the 15 percent. But when people are polled, they’re only asked who would you elect at this point, Trump or Clinton? Gary Johnson and Jill Stein are not being mentioned in that poll.”

Stein actually was escorted off the campus after she conducted a television interview.

Terry Sheridan is a Peabody-nominated, award-winning journalist. As Senior Director of News and Education, he developed a unique and award-winning internship program with the Stony Brook University School of Communications and Journalism, where he is also a lecturer and adjunct professor. He also mentors graduate fellows from the Sacred Heart University Graduate School of Communication, Media and the Arts.
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