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Independent Candidate Evan McMullin Says He’s Not Responsible If Trump Loses
2016-08-15
[ABCNEWS.GO] New independent candidate for president Evan McMullin said his entrance into the race won't affect Donald Trump's chances because "it's so likely that Donald Trump will lose" anyway.

A former CIA operative, McMullin is billing himself as a conservative alternative to Trump.

"He’s not a credible candidate," McMullin said of Trump on "This Week."

"It's so likely that Donald Trump will lose...my entrance into the race doesn't affect that," McMullin told ABC's Martha Raddatz.

A new NBC/WSJ/Marist poll released Friday showed that Trump is trailing rival Hillary Clinton
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 by double digits in key battleground states.

McMullin, who threw his hat into the ring on Aug. 8, said he’s more qualified than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton in battling terrorism.

"I’m the only candidate in this race that has any firsthand experience in fighting terror," he said. "Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, I think, have proven in different ways that they're unprepared for that challenge."

The conservative candidate said he "absolutely" has a chance of winning, but acknowledged that it would have been better if someone with wide name recognition had entered the race earlier.

Posted by:Fred

#9  This is about keeping Trump below the winning threshold in Utah/Idaho and any other states with a significant percentage of Mormon voters.
Posted by: charger   2016-08-15 16:47  

#8  Frank Zappa will get more write-in votes than this guy.
Posted by: Raj   2016-08-15 16:10  

#7  Who's financing this?

No, I mean who's really financing this?

I've got some ideas . . . .
Posted by: Barbara   2016-08-15 15:17  

#6  He's not on the majority of ballots. Statistically I think he has 0% chance as anything except a spoiler.

Having said that I'd like to see such a spoiler come in and do the dirty work of attacking Hillary and exposing everything before flaming out in a way that sends his votes to Trump. Run blocker for the actual candidate.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2016-08-15 13:54  

#5  "I’m the only candidate in this race that has any firsthand experience in fighting terror," he said. They use the word "operative" loosely - this man is a Fobbit - if that. Reading all those mean intel reports probably gave him Fobbit PTSD and delusions of granduer.
Posted by: Tennessee   2016-08-15 12:46  

#4  This guy is so unknown, such a late entry to the race and has so little chance that he is not the least bit newsworthy but count on ABC to give him free publicity anyway.

How many states will even put him on their ballots?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-08-15 11:17  

#3  Your mission Evan, should you choose/decide to accept it, ...

As always, should you or any of your I.M. Force be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This tape/disc will self-destruct in five seconds. Good luck, Evan.
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-08-15 08:50  

#2  "Look at meeeeee!"
Posted by: Nguard   2016-08-15 00:20  

#1  Former CIA operative... and current Clinton operative.

Still, it's nice to see that the staff of National Review will have someone to vote for. Poor dears.
Posted by: Secret Master   2016-08-15 00:12  

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