Jill Stein to Try and Get on Hofstra Debate Stage
Green Party presidential candidate said that she's going to try to "peacefully" appear on the debate stage tonight as she did not making the polling threshold of 15 percent, set by the independent Commission on Presidential Debates, to participate.
Stein told MSNBC's Hallie Jackson that she wants to "open up the debate so that we actually have a fair and inclusive debate."
The latest polling shows Stein at two percent, nationally.
"Seventy-two percent (of Americans) say they want to hear all four candidates who are on the ballot," Stein said.
We are "on enough voters' ballots that we can actually win the election. They have a right not only to vote, but to know who we can vote for," Stein said, referring to the Green Party's placement on 45 state ballots, making it mathematically feasible to win enough electoral votes to win the presidency.
Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, who is poling around eight percent nationally, will also not be on the debate stage. He will be in New York City watching the debate and live tweeting from Twitter's offices in Chelsea.
Independent candidate Evan McMullin is on Long Island at Hofstra. He will be live Tweeting and hosting Facebook Live conversations.