Stein said she will create a new way forward, end the war on drugs and pardon everyone who has a nonviolent record of drugs because they should have never been penalized in the first place. Her supporters yesterday said they were all in for her regardless of the ramifications for Clinton or Trump.
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“At this point we don’t know because word is only just beginning to get out right now”, said Stein.
Unfortunately for Stein, she and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson are barred from participating in the first presidential debate by the Federal Elections Commission.
She also says the state is leading the way on some issues with pushes to raise the minimum wage and legalize marijuana. She will talk about issues such as student loan debt and her “Green New Deal” plan.
Stein also plans for a Robin Hood tax to make public college free and cancel student debt.
“Our objective is to bring people together who can lead a pivotal grassroots movement towards better environmental policy, preparation for climate change, and relief for those adversely affected by pollution, climate effects and other environmentally destructive scenarios”, Julie Saporito-Acuña, chair of the state’s Green Party, said in a statement.
Nicole Jacoby, a junior at the university, said she is not sure whether or not she is voting for Stein. “She says she would eliminate the “$400 billion annually spent on the paperwork and bureaucracy of health insurance”, according to her platform.
Still, reality looms in the background, as Stein has a limited amount of time to get the name recognition and potential votes necessary to be on the debate stage with Secretary Clinton and Donald Trump. He asked Stein what she would do about this if she were elected. Companies would also be required to list every chemical they use in the process.
She received a little more than one third of a percent of the nationwide vote in 2012.
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Green Party members and other Stein supporters will be protesting the first debate on September 26 by assembling outside Hofstra University, she said. Voters must refuse to allow our democracy to be smothered, she said. By “expanding a no-fly zone” in Syria, Stein said, Clinton has provoked a potential nuclear war against Russian Federation. During the 2015-2016 school year, Jacob was the Sports Editor of the Maine Campus and is now the News Editor.
