Green Party's Stein urges San Antonio to reject Clinton and Trump

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein waves to supporters as she leaves a campaign stop at Galeria E.V.A Sunday Oct. 16, 2016. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein waves to supporters as she leaves a campaign stop at Galeria E.V.A Sunday Oct. 16, 2016. Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Photo: Edward A. Ornelas, Staff / San Antonio Express-News Image 1 of / 17 Caption Close Green Party's Stein urges San Antonio to reject Clinton and Trump 1 / 17 Back to Gallery

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein brought her campaign for the White House to San Antonio on Sunday, without the entourages and complications of the major-party campaigners.

Mingling with several hundred supporters at the Galeria EVA on South Flores Street, Stein, 66, of Lexington, Mass., urged the crowd to reject Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.

After stops in El Paso and Houston this weekend, Stein said she's convinced Texans are getting the message that there are other alternatives on the Nov. 8 ballot.

"Texas is rising up strong," Stein said. "People are not drinking the Kool-aid here that's telling them to be good little boys and girls and just keep voting for the same two-party system that's throwing people under the bus," Stein said.

"It's time to throw the bums out who are standing in the way" of environmental and social justice, she said.

Addressing a major concern for many voters, Stein disputed arguments that a vote for a third party is a wasted vote. "There is no greater waste of a vote than to vote for a failed, two-party system," she said.

The latest Texas Lyceum poll, taken in early September, pegged the third-party candidates well behind Trump and Clinton, with Johnson at 9 percent and Stein at 3 percent.

In addition to the presidency, Green candidates also are on the ballot for Congress, Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Supreme Court, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Bexar County sheriff and justice of the peace. Early voting starts Oct. 24.

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