Democratic presidential candidate Martin O’Malley said that it was “outrageous” the Democratic National Committee is limiting the number of primary debates. O’Malley also called it “undemocratic.”
“Well, my message to the party is this: we’re making a big mistake as Democrats if we try to limit debate and have an undemocratic process. There were 24 million people who tuned in to the Republican debate, and there were very few ideas that would serve our nation moving forward that were offered in that debate. It was like the greatest hits of the ’80s and ’90s. What our party has to offer are the actual ideas that will move our country forward, that will get wages to go up again instead of down, that will move us to a 100% clean energy future, and create 5 million jobs along the way.
“Shame on us as a party if the DNC tries to limit debate and prevents us from being able to put forward a path for our people that will make the economy work for all of us again. So I believe we need more debates. not fewer debates, and i think that it’s outrageous actually that the DNC would try to make this process decidedly undemocratic by telling Iowa and New Hampshire that they can only have one debate before they make a decision. This election is too important to cut off debate. People want to debate, Andrea. They don’t want a coronation.”
