The Note: One More Joins the Fray

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. August 9, 2016 MORE POLITICS > One More Joins the Fray Former CIA Officer Evan McMullin Launches Independent Presidential Bid Evan McMullin, a former CIA counterterrorism officer, will run for president as a third-party conservative alternative to Donald Trump. The operatives working on McMullin's bid resigned from Better for America -- a 501(c)(4) organization that has been working for months on trying to select a candidate and get on ballots throughout the country -- in order to push his candidacy, reports ABC's SHUSHANNAH WALSHE. In some states, like Texas, they will likely have to sue to get on the ballot. It's an extreme uphill climb, but his supporters are confident McMullin, 40, can act as a disruptor who they hope can peel off some red states. http://abcn.ws/2aG8iwg READ MORE   Independent Candidate Evan McMullin Says Trump Is 'Inhuman,' Calls Clinton 'Woefully Unfit' to Be President McMullin had harsh words for both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, telling ABC News he believes both are "woefully unfit for the responsibilities they seek," notes ABC's MEGHAN KENEALLY. But he reserved particular ire for Trump, calling him "inhuman," and an "authoritarian" who "does not care about anyone but himself." http://abcn.ws/2b97Arh READ MORE   How an Independent Candidate for President Can Enter Now and Compete The last independent candidate to claim the Presidency was George Washington. The most successful one in recent years was Ross Perot, who received 19 percent of the popular vote in 1992, but zero electoral college votes. ABC's ALANA ABRAMSON and RYAN STRUYK take a look at some of the biggest hurdles McMullin and the conservatives backing him need to overcome: http://abcn.ws/2auXgcc READ MORE   ANALYSIS: Why the New Independent Candidate Could Still Matter Evan McMullin, the 40-year-old former CIA operative who on Monday became the latest entry to the wild 2016 field, will likely not be elected president. He may not even be able to get on the ballot in enough states to even have a mathematical chance. But that doesn't make McMullin irrelevant, writes ABC's RICK KLEIN. http://abcn.ws/2aPMbP3 READ MORE   Clinton Accepts Fall Debate Schedule, Challenges Trump Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said Monday night that she will attend all three general election presidential debates and challenged her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, to do the same, ABC's BRIAN MCBRIDE reports. "Secretary Clinton looks forward to participating in all three presidential debates scheduled by the independent debate commission," John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chairman, said in a statement. Trump tweeted last month that Clinton and the Democratic Party were "rigging" the debates by holding them on the nights that coincide with two major NFL games. http://abcn.ws/2baysnL READ MORE   Donald Trump Unveils More Detailed Economic Policy Plan, Interrupted by Protesters Donald Trump, addressing the Detroit Economic Club, rolled out a new version of his economic plan. In it, he advocated tax-exempt child care expenses, adjusted his previous call for four income tax brackets to three and called for abolishing the so-called death tax. "I want to jump-start America and it can be done and it won't even be that hard," Trump said Monday. "American workers have paid taxes their whole lives and they should not be taxed again at death," Trump said of the estate tax, adding, "It is just plain wrong, and most people agree with that." ABC's CANDACE SMITH has more: http://abcn.ws/2b8i72E READ MORE   50 Former National Security Officials Say Trump 'Not Qualified to Be President' Fifty former national security officials whose careers span more than four decades released a letter Monday critical of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, stating that they would not vote for the real estate mogul, reports ABC's ADAM KELSEY. The statement is the latest in a series of public rebukes of Trump's capacity to guide the nation's defense and foreign policy by former government leaders. "Donald Trump is not qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief," reads the letter. http://abcn.ws/2aGhU4d READ MORE   FOLLOW ABC NEWS You Might Like This email was sent to bamsdum.xiomi@blogger.com Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. Newsletter Unsubscribe If you no longer wish to receive the newsletter "Political Unit: The Note" at this email address, you may click here to unsubscribe. Add me to the ABC News Do Not Email List This email contains an advertisement from ABCNews, 7 WEST 66th Street, New York, NY 10023. To unsubscribe from all types of future commercial email from ABC News regarding its products and services, click here. © 2016 ABC News Internet Ventures. All rights reserved. ,

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