WHERE ARE THE INDEPENDENT AND THIRD-PARTY LEADERS?

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7. You asked about independents and he ran as one. And his statement was as strong

as many Democrats.

“Evan McMullin, a former CIA officer and House GOP policy director who waged an independent presidential bid in 2016, was one of a small number of Republicans to publicly oppose the ban. McMullin tweeted a photo of the Statue of Liberty on Saturday morning, and was promptly mocked by the white nationalist Richard Spencer.

“’That’s who they’re in league with — white supremacists and white nationalists,’ McMullin said in an interview. ‘I’m not expecting much opposition from the vast majority of Republicans in Congress. There is anti-Muslim bigotry at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue and it fundamentally un-American and tangibly damaging to our national security and strength.’

“Most Republicans, McMullin predicted, would decline to criticize the executive orders. ‘Those who are silent on this will be defined by that silence,’ he said.”

More Republicans are speaking out against Trump’s refugee ban. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren’t among them.

WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY MIKE DEBONIS

https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/paul-ryan-trumps-refugee-ban-does-not-target-muslims/2017/01/28/e0cf1fe4-e56e-11e6-a547-5fb9411d332c_story.html?utm_term=.cc22eefdf0d0&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

From Wikipedia:

McMullin described himself as a conservative alternative to the two major political parties' candidates, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican nominee Donald Trump.