Moving the goalpost at the last second is nothing more than a clear attempt to keep Tulsi Gabbard from debating. It’s as plain as day for anyone to see; if the DNC truly wanted to increase the threshold, they wouldn’t have waited until Gabbard reached their previous requirement before moving the goalpost. Yet, the same people who claim to oppose sexism and unfair treatment of female candidates remain silent.
In the wake of the DNC’s clear attempt to keep Gabbard off the debate stage, the war veteran has reached out to Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders for support.
.@JoeBiden @BernieSanders I’m sure you would agree that our Democratic nominee should be a person who will stand up for what is right. So I ask that you have the courage to do that now in the face of the DNC's effort to keep me from participating in the debates. #LetTulsiDebate
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) March 7, 2020
To keep me off the stage, the DNC again arbitrarily changed the debate qualifications. Previously they changed the qualifications in the OPPOSITE direction so Bloomberg could debate. I ask that you stand w/ me against the DNC’s transparent effort to exclude me from the debates.
— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) March 7, 2020
Thus far, both Biden and Sanders remain silent. This comes in spite of Sanders previously stating that “fair is fair” in 2016 and calling for all three candidates at that time to appear on the debate stage.
What's fair is fair. All three of the Democratic candidates for president should be on the debate stage. Period.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 8, 2016
The DNC’s consistent ignorance and disregard of Tulsi Gabbard’s candidacy has removed whatever moral high ground Democrats thought they had. Never again should they pretend to care about women running for office. If Democrats truly cared about women seeking the presidency, they’d be outraged at how their own establishment treats Tulsi Gabbard.
