{"id":2838,"date":"2016-09-06T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-09-06T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fixthedebates.org\/?p=2838"},"modified":"2016-09-06T08:16:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T16:16:38","slug":"kevin-zeese-threatens-occupy-debates-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fixthedebates.org\/activist-efforts\/kevin-zeese-threatens-occupy-debates-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Zeese threatens ‘Occupy Debates’ Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"
We haven’t heard much else about this yet, but their intention to target media, sponsors, and candidates is pointed in the right direction. the CPD itself won’t listen, but those others–who have to live with the American public for the 4 years when the CPD goes into hiding–have a lot more reason to pay attention and do the right thing.<\/em><\/p>\n A former Green Party candidate and Occupy FCC activist is seeking to get third party candidates into the televised presidential debates and has called on the Republican and Democratic candidates to push for inclusion, suggesting there could be an “Occupy Debates” protest targeting media, sponsors and candidates if the criteria for participation are not changed.<\/p>\n The first of three presidential debates, organized by the Commission on Presidential Debates<\/a>, is scheduled for Sept. 26, 2016, at Hoffstra University in Hempstead, New York. The second will be Oct. 9 at Washington University in St. Louis, and the third Oct. 19 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Campaign for Open Debates urges Republican candidate Donald Trump to follow the lead of President Ronald Reagan who in 1980 sought inclusion of third party candidate, John Anderson, in debates with President Jimmy Carter,” said Kevin Zeese, who is launching the campaign.<\/p>\n In an e-mail to journalists Monday (Aug. 22), Zeese took aim at the commission and its participation criterion of polling at least 15% to get a seat at the debates. \u201cThe Campaign for Open Debates will use a variety of tactics that target sponsors, venues, media outlets and the commission itself with protests, sit-ins, occupations and more,\u201d said Zeese, who was involved in the Occupy Movement, including the Occupy FCC protest <\/a>targeting FCC Chair Tom Wheeler and pushing for the Title II reclassification that eventually emerged.<\/p>\n Currently, the RealClear Politics Web site has Libertarian Gary Johnson polling at 8.9% in an average of seven national polls, compared to Hillary Clinton at 41.6% and Donald Trump at 37.1%. Green Party candidate Jill Stein has polled at as high as 6% nationally, according to Democracy Now.<\/a><\/p>\n
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