BOOM! 3rd party candidate Evan McMullin trending almost as high as #InternationalCatDay! Oh, wait...

It turns out that Joe Scarborough rumor was correct.

Meet Evan McMullin,  a “former CIA operative, businessman and House Chief Policy Director” who is running for president to take on “authoritarians like Donald Trump”:

Authoritarians like @realDonaldTrump use promises of law & order to justify infringing on civil rights as they consolidate control by force.

— Evan McMullin (@EvanMcMullin) July 22, 2016

He has a website and everything:

And now @Evan_McMullin has a Presidential campaign website: pic.twitter.com/xgOFYhBovU

— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) August 8, 2016

Twitter’s response to the news, however? Meh.

McMullin is trending, but trails badly behind #IntenationalCatDay, #Delta, Bryan Clauson and #MotivationMonday:

As a certain authoritarian might say, “SAD!”

And he’s way behind to get on the ballot in many states:

states where, as of now, Evan McMullin won't be on the official ballot: TX, NC, IL, NM, IN, NV, GA, DE, SC, OK, FL, MI, WA, MO, NJ, AR…

— Simon Maloy (@SimonMaloy) August 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/aseitzwald/status/762647059098894336

Game over … already.

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