Moriah Ratner
Scott Rigell (R-Va.) says he thinks Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson can win the presidency. "This may surprise you to hear, but I'm ready to defend the proposition that Gov. Johnson can win," Rigell said Wednesday on CNN.
Rigell, who is retiring at the end of his term, announced earlier this month that he is backing Johnson and snubbing GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.
Rigell noted Wednesday that if Johnson can get enough support in polls to make the debate stage, it could set off a positive chain reaction for him.
"No one saw Trump winning the nomination, at least early on," he said. "And I believe the same type of unusual, real anomalies and the forces that are coming against our country are present now in this election, the general election."
Rigell said Americans are not happy with Trump and Democratic nominee as the two major-party options.
"The level of dissatisfaction with the two nominees is so wide, and it's so intense," he said. "I've never seen anything like it."
He added that he can't vote for Trump "in good conscience" and thinks Clinton is "equally unacceptable."
"I think it's not going to take votes from simply the Republican ticket, though it will. It's going to take votes from the Democratic ticket," Rigell said of voters flocking to Johnson.
"And I think that there's a pent-up demand that'll surprise a lot of people on Election Day."
Poster Comment:
A Bill Clinton presidency was a high price to pay, but Ross Perot did help save America from a second Herbie NWO Bush term.
Gary Johnson and Darrell Castle of the Constitution Party, give conservatives someone to vote for, whilst the statist NYC libtard vote is split among the Rodham-Trump ticket.