US Election 2016: Anti-Trump conservative enters White House race

Offering an alternative to the American public in the US polls, a little-known former CIA counter-terrorism operative and a Republican dissident Evan McMullin on Tuesday entered the White House race, saying America deserves much better than Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton.

America deserves much better than either Trump or Clinton can offer us. #StandUpWithEvan https://t.co/GkyK1oek5w pic.twitter.com/ZFfdJadHuR

— Evan McMullin (@Evan_McMullin) August 8, 2016

McMullin, 40, a chief policy adviser for House Republican Conference, was slated to file paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission as a presidential candidate. But he has a little chance of winning.

"In a year where Americans have lost faith in the candidates of both major parties, it's time for a generation of new leadership to step up," McMullin said in a statement on his official Facebook page.

"It's never too late to do the right thing, and America deserves much better than either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton can offer us. I humbly offer myself as a leader who can give millions of disaffected Americans a better choice for President," he wrote.

McMullin, a former House Republican aide, is a fierce Trump critic on social media, calling him an "authoritarian" in July on Twitter. Conservative group Better For America, which opposes a Trump presidency, is backing McMullin's candidacy, according to ABC News. 

Read McMullin's entire Facebook post: