Open Up the Debates: Green Party's Jill Stein Accuses Democrats & GOP of Rigging Debate Rules
August 18, 2016
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11:06Now PlayingOpen Up the Debates: Green Party's Jill Stein Accuses Democrats & GOP of Rigging Debate Rules
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as posted by the channelWhile polls show Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are among the least popular majorparty candidates to ever run for the White House, it appears no thirdparty candidates will be invited to take part in the first presidential debate next month. The debates are organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is controlled by the Democratic and Republican parties. Under the commission’s rules, candidates will only be invited if they are polling at 15 percent in five national surveys. Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein have both witnessed recent surges in support, but neither have crossed the 15 percent threshold. More than 12,000 people have signed a petition organized by RootsAction calling for a fourway presidential debate. We speak to Green Party presidential nominee Dr. Jill Stein. Four years ago she was arrested outside a presidential debate protesting her exclusion from the event.
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