Gary Johnson
Gary Johnson is the Libertarian nominee for president in 2016. He was also the party's nominee in 2012. He previously served as governor of New Mexico as a Republican.
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Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."
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"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."
"Undocumented workers crossing the border right now is at a 12-year low."
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"None of the polls being conducted right now have us on the top line. None of them. It's always Trump and Clinton and then second…
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"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.
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Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."
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"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."
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"(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic."
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Says the United States has "treaties with apparently 69 countries where we are obligated to defend their borders. And these were treaties that were executive…
"I am going to be on the ballot in all 50 states. There is no other third-party candidate that’s going to come close to achieving…