Tulsi Gabbard’s revolt against Dem machine

Published October 15, 2015 4:01am ET



Let what happened in Vegas stay in Vegas. The biggest fireworks produced by the first Democratic debate erupted not on the stage but in dueling media interviews by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii.

While Hillary Clinton’s foes barely laid a glove on her, Gabbard, a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, mixed it up with the DNC’s chairwoman. Gabbard said there were too few Democratic debates, got disinvited from the Las Vegas event and engaged in a war of words with Wasserman Schultz.

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