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Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 a campaign appearance

Says he and his running mate "are the only candidates that do believe in free trade."

By Cara Lombardo • October 25, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on September 4, 2016 an interview

"Sixty percent of Americans now support legalizing marijuana."

September 23, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 29, 2016 an interview.

"Undocumented workers crossing the border right now is at a 12-year low."

By Sean Gorman • September 6, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 22, 2016 media appearances

"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 question, third question. ... If we were included in the top line, as Johnson/Trump/Clinton, we'd be at 20 percent."

By Adam Thorp • August 29, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 5, 2016 a Medium post

"Most Americans support" the legalization of marijuana.

By Louis Jacobson • August 17, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 3, 2016 a town hall meeting

Legal prescription drugs "statistically kill 100,000 people a year, (but) there are no documented deaths due to marijuana."

By Joseph Cariz • August 16, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 11, 2016 an interview on Fox News

"The Pentagon itself says that we could eliminate 20 percent of U.S. bases."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr. • August 15, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on July 3, 2016 an interview on CNN

"(Mexican immigrants) are more law-abiding than U.S. citizens and that is a statistic."

By Miriam Valverde • July 14, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2016 an appearance on Meet the Press

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 treaties, not authorized by Congress."

By Neelesh Moorthy • June 9, 2016

Gary Johnson
stated on August 17, 2012 an interview with Evan Smith on “Overheard,” premiered Sept. 6, 2012

"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 that."

By W. Gardner Selby • September 20, 2012

Gary Johnson
stated on June 5, 2012 an interview on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"

"Right now, I’m polling at about 8 percent" against Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

By Louis Jacobson • June 6, 2012

Gary Johnson
stated on February 25, 2012 a forum

"Fifty percent of the graduating class of the year 2012 will have smoked marijuana or have done illegal drugs."

By Eric Stirgus • March 7, 2012

Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 a meeting with the Nashua "Telegraph" editorial board

"It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees."

By Jon Greenberg • September 29, 2011

Gary Johnson
stated on September 22, 2011 a Republican presidential debate in Orlando, Fla.

"We're bankrupt."

By Becky Bowers, Louis Jacobson • September 23, 2011

Gary Johnson
stated on September 19, 2011 an interview with the editorial board of the 'Telegraph.'

Says the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 2.3 million inmates, and the majority of Americans are imprisoned because they sold small amounts of drugs.

By Maryalice Gill • September 22, 2011

Gary Johnson
stated on July 14, 2011 an interview with the 'New Hampshire Business Review"

"New Mexico is the second Hollywood" because of tax incentives for the film industry.

By John Gregg • July 15, 2011

Gary Johnson
stated on May 5, 2011 a Republican presidential debate

"We have the highest corporate income tax in the world right now."

By Louis Jacobson • May 6, 2011

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