On Monday morning, BuzzFeed reported that devotees of the Republican “anti-Trump” movement were finally launching their own independent presidential campaign, choosing Evan McMullin as their pick to battle Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton for the White House.
Analysts immediately responded with a collective “huh?” of confusion. McMullin is, by all accounts, the longest of shots to win the presidency come November. A relative unknown, he spent most of his career as a CIA officer before taking a short-term job at Goldman Sachs. He then moved to Washington, D.C., to work as chief policy director for the House Republican conference before beginning his unlikely bid for the White House. It’s a solid job resume in Capitol Hill, but hardly the kind of pedigree expected of those who seek the Oval Office....
https://thinkprogress.org/the-new-independent-presidential-candidate-who-could-cost-trump-utah-bf375b217f63#.fh38gat49
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