This past Tuesday and Wednesday may have been the last time that viewers nationwide saw Marianne Williamson warn of “dark psychic forces,” John Delaney spar with Bernie Sanders on healthcare, or Kirsten Gillibrand condemn Joe Biden for a decades-old op-ed.

Only eight of the more than 20 Democrats aspiring to be their party’s presidential nominee have qualified for the debate stage in September, and many others are not close to making the cut.

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