Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s presidential campaign is calling on the Democratic National Committee to revise its list of debate qualifying polls in an effort to help the Hawaii Congresswoman qualify for the upcoming third DNC debate hosted by ABC News.
The Gabbard team is citing what they describe as several irregularities in the selection and timing of the DNC sponsored polls. The campaign points out “Gabbard has exceeded 2% support in 26 polls, but only two of them are on the DNC’s “certified” list. Additionally, they have polled at or above 2% in two polls sponsored by the two largest newspapers in two different early primary states: The Boston Globe which is the largest circulated paper in New Hampshire and The Post and Courier in South Carolina.
Another issue the Gabbard campaign is highlighting is the lack of polls that have been released following the second debate. After the first debate, the campaign highlights that 11 polls were released however that number shrank to just four polls after the second debate.
What's she running for, shampoo model?
If they dont then Democrats are racists!
I don’t like this lady. She’s a trick.
Sorry not everyone is getting a trophy in this game.
Gabbard can go f*^k right the hell off. Don’t want her kind of toxic politics in our party. There’s a reason why she doesn’t qualify. NeverGabbard
The system is rigged. DNC is corrupt and Google has helped suppress her. CNN also has been pushing Kamala who is a terrible option. Truly sad.
Isn’t that the whole idea to scale down, and away from fringe candidates.
TulsiPress is a manchurian candidate.
Sorry, Tulsi! No change needed. Time to start narrowing the field.
The biggest threat to democracy is DNC. The polls had Hillary Clinton beating everyone, now it's Joe Biden leading in most polls. Nobody, absolutely nobody in reality is taking Joe Biden seriously. Have you watched any Joe Biden's recent interviews?
I don’t know who she is. She won’t win but has a right to be heard.
Seems about right - if you’re not happy, change the rules...
Nope! Must be awful frustrating to not have Putin able to help u here. PutinsPuppet Assad
No she doesn’t want them changed she just wants them to be fair for everyone !!
Tulsi needs to run as the Republican that she is.
Tulsi should change parties she’s welcome by the Republicans!
We need to bring in Libertarians too.
Democratic candidates should all have the chance to debate at as many platforms as they can find. Isn't that up to each candidate to pursue other opportunities? But, I have no interest in watching another debate with Tulsi Gabbard, who agrees with Barr and Trump +many issues.
no. you either qualify or you don't. she should look at her presentation.
Hope people have enough sense to read the article, the headline is completely misleading.
DNCfearsTulsi because she called them out in 2016 and will continue to do so
What they really want is for them to STOP changing them. They’ve rejected polls in order to keep her off the debate stage. It’s pretty obvious
No they are asking why none of the many polls are 'certified'.
Bye Tulsi 👋
Sounds a lot like the same ol sour grapes y'all tried with Bernie in 2016... It's not gonna work. She didn't make the cut so she's cut. You can still vote for her.... She's not the candidate most want. I don't want her and so I think it's fair.
Goodbye Tulsi!!
Maybe the Russians can do it....
No.
Let's start by getting Howard Dean out of a position to influence these numbers. His personal bias has no place in OUR elections.
If military industrial complex would stop meddling in US elections w/ paid smear artists like Eric Boehlert, would solve big problem for EVERYONE killed, maimed needless wars. The $6 trillion wasted in Iraq, sure would be nice too Tulsi stark reminder of 20 yrs bipartisan folly
DNC keep screwing around
“2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard's campaign wants the DNC to stop moving the goalposts on debate qualifying poll requirements.” There you go ABC, fixed it for you.
Gee , I wonder why. It wouldn’t be because she doesn’t qualify under the current rules would it. Who would have guessed it.😳👎
Gabbi Tulsard can cut meat for the Butcher of Damascus.
No, we don’t want DNC corruption!
Get lost you Russian operative
Tulsi 2020
i would not vote for her, even if she is good looking but she is better than most dems!
Desperate weirdo
Oh waaa waaa. Suck it up buttercup, you don't have a chance b/c many people are onto you!
She is a traitor
Not guilty. She’s got my vote
She just needs to get her party, the GOP to make these changes.
10 others have met the requirement, including the unconventional candidates with fresh ideas. Maybe get angry with your team rather than the qualifications which others have been able to meet
TulsiGabbard No thanks. You're an Assad syncophant, and a dangerous one at that.
You can’t change the rules just because you are losing.
Only because she didn’t qualify. She never complained before.
typical she would not have her rank so she ran for office now she wants to cheat again. this lady needs to be in prison
Whatever 🇺🇸
She got perty hair.😋
No.
No. Please go away Tulsi. Back to the GOP with you.
No,she didn’t make the cut .tough. She needs to stop whining!
Change the rules cause I don’t like them.
What? The liberal left attacking another leftist?
So does Russia. Her sponsor.
You think
Of course she does...all of the losers should be given the same opportunity - it should be like socialism and everyone is the same regardless. NeverResponsibleDems
How about NO !
dnc If TulsiGabbard is not on debates, come 2020 dnc will lose
Of course she does because her poll numbers suck.
lissasno1fan If you don't like the rules, get out of the game.
Go away Tulsi.
Yawn
I knew this was coming.
Uh, no.
Two more reasons to back TulsiGabbard TulsiPress – support for climate change and no-support from the disgraced DWS. ReleasethePolls
TheTomGeorge Why? I can understand if they changed it up just before the process began...If not, then it’s just an excuse for her falling short of making it.
BernieTulsiOrBust
Follow the rules!
Love her
Too bad she's not a real Democrat
Well...she’s the best looking candidate they have! By far.
Transparency=change the rules. Got it
TulsiPress TulsiGabbard it’s time for you to get out of the race. You don’t qualify; live with it
Tulsi Gabbard reminds me of those students who complain about their grade and explain to their professor how their exam should have been graded.
YEA. POPULAR VOTE FTW!!!
Tulsi is dismissed. She can go now.
The plan for the DNC was to Bernie her all along. Despite being a grounded, moderate, with real logical approaches to issues, she is everything the Dems used to be but now have grown to hate. GOP reaps the benefits of their short sight. What a bunch of biased, hypocritical idiots
What you and other corporate stooges are doing to Tulsi is un-American. She’s a veteran & you constantly defame her. Let’s stop calling that journalism. And let’s stop calling these elections “fair”. Already we have more meddling than what Russiagate gave us in 2 years.
I admire Tulsi Gabbard for her courage as she did in 2016 in defense of Bernie Sanders and critical of the DNC, having clashed with then DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the liar. Maybe it would be a good idea to endorse Bernie Sanders again to fight the DNC.
So many commenting without even reading article. Plus basically just asking DNC to follow through with the fairness and transparency they promised. They are not.
Looks like there's a lot of envious jealous women posting tonight. Well, Tulsi does have everything.
Wtf rules are rules. Just because you dont like rules dont mean you get to change them to your liking! Manipulation/ Monopoly Theres something shady about this broad! YES I AM A WOMAN CALLING ANOTHER WOMAN A 'BROAD' DEAL WITH IT!!
the democratic party is just another insulated bureaucracy whose insiders don’t like to share power as evidenced by the anti-bernie clintonist regime in 2016.
FreeTulsi
sabrina68 DNC using arbitrarily selected polls rigged by establishment backed MSM. The real indicator of the number of people backing a candidate is number of individual donations. In 2016 BrExit, DNCPrimary and Trump win demonstrated that polls aren't a reliable indicator of opinions
sabrina68 What a simply disingenuous headline... How about: “Over 2-percent polls of various principal state newspapers of daily publications arbitrarily not considered by the DNC in order to deny Gabbard next debate appearances”...?
Shw could do the ballsy thing and have her own sit down with a network or even jst live stream her own mini info policy debate/speech online. The DNC and RNC are money grubbing bastards that take money and dont pay taxes its a leagl theft of the American ppl.
?
I agree!
Everyone wants something
She would very much like it to be under Putin's rules, please...because he asked her so nicely, and was very powerful in his voice....thank you very much
Whoever has the most Russian bot support gets invited?
Don’t get on the DNC because you can’t meet your numbers .Some of those people running for President have to go and you’re one of them.
She qualified on 26 other polls. Shes pushing the bar left. Let her on. Shes the most important candidate. The best candidate. Tulsi2020
She is not a Democrat.
she def belongs in the debate.
2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard's campaign wants the DNC to stop moving the goalposts, explicitly to keep her off the debate stage. FixedThatForYou
She’s a fricken weirdo
Go home Tulsi! Time for more people focusing on Senate and House races and let the top-10 get more airtime and eventually get behind a frontrunner! DNC
Of course, if they don’t she will fade even further into obscurity.
No
Uhm...no ✋
What a huge mess and they have no self respect for thier Owen person or a home value system they can’t even look at the homeless population and invest in land or tiny affordable homes for thier Owen homeless population stand nothing
She is a republics hide in DNC clothes
She needs to just bow out.
TulsiGabbard if they don't let you in the next debate, you should have your own town hall right after the debate in another channel
Ya know... she’s nice to look at but that’s about it. She lost me with Assaad.
No
Nope.
Ummm, at least one Russian Trojan horse must be present at all times?
Shut this trump spy down !!!
She’s the most sensible of all of them.
We have more than enough candidates. There needs to be a cut off and all but five need to head home and run for other offices.
Too bad. So sad. That’s what happens when you’re a Putin/Assad/Trump apologist.
She should drop out of the race.
Opportunity for Tulsi to finally declare her true candidacy as a Republican. There are plenty of good Dem candidates. No need to change rules for her. She needs to try her hand as a Repub woman. She might do surprisingly well with conservatives.
No. We do not have time to keep this many candidates going. You need to work on your notoriety PRIOR to running for President. We have a short window in which to raise a candidates profile before 2020. CountryOverParty TulsiGabbard & anyone else not in the top 10 on CNN poll
. Their one chance at a decent moderate candidate, that I would even consider voting for. . Nope, throw her ass out the door. Not extremist enough! . Good bye Democrats 🖕
Let her in!!!
Some of the comments are here are very disappointed. Many people were upset when they try to do it to yang. ALso if this was Bernie people would be having a different reaction. The point is if they can do this to Tulsi they can and will do it to Bernie eventually!
Get out!
RussianAsset
Civics_Junky Whenever Dems don’t make the cut they want rules changed.
No!
I’m a Bernie supporter and 100% agree we need Tulsi in this debate. DNC needs to learn not to interfere with our elections. I always hear we should eliminate the electoral college, but what about these rigged polls and superdelegates? We need an Open forum that allows diversity.
The DNC won’t do it
Sore loser.
DNC doing what DNC does best, rig everything in favor of certain, well established (aka purchased) political figures. Welcome back to 2016
Tulsi needs to run in the Republican Party so her 1 supporter Putin can feel at home
I want the GOP to stand up and show they have enough balls to put COUNTRY above PARTY but here we are, bunch of GOP that have NO BALLS.. So sorry tulsi we both aren't getting what we want..
Well hell, I want them to change the criteria for candidates Mandatory independent background check & mental evaluation IQ test Public disclosure of tax returns No PAC money donations & would it be too much to ask if they would tell us up front if they had any porn star payoff
No
Lol
Seem like pretty legitimate complaints
She does not have a black agenda soooooooooo... ✌🏾 ADOS
I will not vote for any Democrat candidate due to the DNC playing this game again.
Actually, 'we the people' just want DNC to use the same qualifying requirements used in the 2nd debates. For that debate there were many polls accepted. First this debate 24 separate polls showed TulsiGabbard qualified, DNC didn't accept any of those.
Are we sure she’s not a republican?
Tough darts, Tulsi.
Ha ha ha ha, no.
Gurl. Bye 👋🏻
There's also this:
I agree by the rules, except now I don’t!
Sniffle, ba-bye.
Tulsi wont suck up .... Tulsi has a chance like Trump .... Tulsi must go
Change the rules just for her. Lol.
You know what’s funny.... if it was Tulsi vs. Trump..... would you vote for Tulsi? Dems say anyone but Trump! But reading this everyone is fast to shove her out! I will get flack for this..... but she probably would beat him! Nothing flusters her! The others.... not so much!
Why? Didn't make the cut? Lol.
lissasno1fan They won't be doing it. The DNC is good at making sure their chosen candidates get nominated.
Everybody arguing over Bernie/Tulsi or Warren. Progressive's should support them all for the primary's. Widen the scope of discussion, don't contract it. No wonder US politicial discourse is shit, other than screaming from your tiny social media bubble, what do u achieve? Trump.
I think they want them to quit rigging the primary
Indeed every participant should get a trophy.
Democrats mow5 on race are waste of time or more ads to media because they have collected enough donations from the people! When they knew they are not even 10% capable for the President run so why they still on Presidential race?
The DNC wants who they want.! Did it to Clinton in 08 in Michigan then to Bernie in 16.!
Bye, Felicia
She needs to join the Republican Party and be done with it.
The DNC is rigged, don't plan on it.
Of course she does🙄
Oh please don’t. I’ve had enough of Jill Stein 2.0
She's right. Out of nearly 30 bonafide polls she's made 2%+ on 25+. Just those 'sanctioned' by the DNC are not there. One hasn't even been published. The DNC is screwing the over 170K Americans who support Tulsi. We're not gonna take it sitting down.
She just using the GOP strategy: When the rules go against you change them to get your way.
Liberal Nazi DNC is pulling another corrupt poll and getting rid of a candidate they don’t like! Not that I care because all the candidates are liberal RACIST Nazis but again it shows the corruption of liberal Nazis!
Tulsi is not asking DNC to change qualifying poll requirements...that’s misleading. Tulsi and WE THE PEOPLE are asking for the release of qualifying polls and to explain the criteria used to select such polls. Here’s what journalism looks & sounds like
Bye, Tulsi.
NO
They already have their pick.
No
No, because the last thing I want is 2 nights of people not even debating
Go away Tulsi.
changes: gabbard not invited to anything. ever.gtfo.
Meanwhile, behind the scenes: DNC 'Hey abcnews can you trash efforts by TulsiGabbard to point out all the bullshit hurdles we are putting in place to prevent her from getting on stage in the next debate?' abcnews 'Consider it done!' Nice journalisming jimmy_dore
First of all, the rules are the rules and she knew them when she started her campaign. More importantly, if you can’t get at least 2% in EVERY poll, should you really waste your time continuing to campaign?
A good deal of these pro-Gabbard responses are, and will be, from Russian trolls who jump in anytime Gabbard (or Harris because they're trying to knock her down) are mentioned. Always be on the lookout for evidence of the Russian influence campaign leading up to 2020.
She is finished. Do us all a favor and just walk away.
Bye Tulsi
Tulsi, maybe you need to increase your polling ’s
I would NEVER vote for her but Tulsi is BY FAR the best the democrats have but the msm decided a long time ago who they want as the demonratic nominee.
Why would anyone question the DNC? It’s not like just 4 years ago they leaked debate questions to the candidate they chose to win.
No no no no.
Nope. End o’the road, “asset.”
Maybe if she tries hereby ordering the DNC?
No
NO! We don’t want you wasting our time!
NeverTulsi
Nope
We are not changing the rules for you. Had you qualified on the polls you would not be speaking
Seen enough of the dictator lover
Yes--when there are still this many candidates at the 3rd debate, they should RAISE the requirements. I doubt that's what Tulsi wants, though.
No. No freaking whining. Enough
To late you lose!!
She would.
No, thank you. Time to thin the herd and get behind our choice as Dems!
TRUMP2020Landside
I feel she would protect us better than any of the other candidates as long as she got a partner with lots of economic experience
She needs to call Assad see if he can do something about it
They should
Wow. Nice to see fellow 'democrats' reject the opinions of a Democratic candidate with 160,000+ unique donors. As the fix is in, you're just fueling another Demexit and WalkAway
Gee surprised she didn't Vlad to fix it for her. TulsiPress is the 'I support chemical weapons used against children, Comrade' candidate.
Nah. Agents of Russia have done enough. Sit down.
Just quit
Isn't she a republican?
Time for Tulsi towrope out.
She's only doing it because she knows she won't even last til February. Drastic times call for drastic measures.
Bye bye 👋
But y’all idiots are fine with billionaire Tom Steyer entering the race for President. Americans are so ignorant, it’s quite scary. Steyer literally manipulated Americans to give him their email addresses. idiocracy
She’s not wrong
Yes it can’t be just for the money. A candidate must have good policies to offer. Candidates without plan should be prevented from participating.
sorry! drop out
Because she can't qualify on her own merits she wants the rules changed No honey...just no. I rooted for her in the beginning but time revealed who she really is...an undercoverGOP.
No way
Maybe she can get Assad and his thugs to put the screws to them so she can attack more democrats on national tv.
I hear she's buddies with Assad so maybe they should consider.....
The DNC is a criminal institution. Seems we could do without it, in OUR REPUBLIC.
The reason they changed them is because TulsiGabbard was getting better poll ratings than the others and the DNC wanted to fix things to keep her out. STOP tweeting to us about violence. toxic. SenateDems HouseDemocrats dscc TheDemocrats TheDemCoalition KamalaHarris
Only 4 of 16 qualifying polls have been released. ABC is on of the ones that hasn't. If the polling were done, and done transparently, there'd be no complaint. AP CBSNews DMRegister NBCNews nytimes NPR UofNH WSJ USATODAY washingtonpost winthropu
Mole bye! Cult45
Uh, uh. There's a party that welcomes white nationalists like Gabbard. It's called the GOP. She should go there.
Just drop out and get it over with.
By the end of all this she'll be the 'Jill Stein green, purple, orange (Russian) party' candidate and suck votes off the democrat...it will suck.
How about this headline instead: “DNC Accepted Pollsters Refuse to Release Results Until After 8/28 Deadline to Cheat Tulsi Out of Debates”
She needs to go
Bye bye Tulsi.
Um no, how about Republican in disguise TulsiGabbard drops out instead.
TulsiGabbard has made 5% in many polls. We want to see her on the debate stage, because we believe she is the best candidate to beat Trump.
We don’t need another Russian Green Party candidate
Why? TulsiGabbard, we have too many candidates.
She has far exceeded the individual donor threshold, and she has exceeded 2% support in 26 national and early state polls, but only two of them are on the DNC’s certified list. HOW are the 'qualifying' polls even chosen? Special interests? What's wrong with wanting transparency?
Someone's bound to think it all unfair but no one, & I mean no where near enough would vote Gabbard in as President. I do propose, however, for the next Presidential election that NO ONE is permitted to open a bid until October of the previous year. This cycle is too damn long.
She can’t qualify so change the rules. Sounds like trump.
Tear down that wall. Why do you have walls around your debates? Shouldn't you let everyone in?
She is a Trump cabinet kinda person. Plus she is now trying to do a Trump thing. Make changes to benefit self.
Um
Why doesn’t she just get her her Russian propaganda machine rolling to put the pressure on for rule changes?
Drop out.
The neoliberals defending this are idiots: how is it fair that 14 polls are approved in the 1st debate, but now only 4 qualify? Expand polling agencies and stop taking the corporate money (Steyer shouldn’t even be running) and your precious Kamala took Trump’s money. Tulsi2020
Nah, I've heard enough out of her.
Remember that time the DNC colluded with Hillary to f*** Bernie Sanders?
Why should they? It’s a system that works and it should not be changed. If you can’t meet the requirements then that’s on you I change the system because you can’t meet requirements
Polls are total bullshit. fake crap. I am in my 60's and have never been polled once and I do not expect that I will ever be polled.
Too freaking bad! Get over it
That might not work out in her favor.
Crying baby 🍼
Do it, its unfair. Using poll percentages to define candidate criteria is a way to manipulate who's valid and who's not, simply by limiting the polls.
Give her an exception because she had to suspend her campaign to do her summer reserve duty.
I’ll bet
Step aside Ruski.. We are on to you..
TulsiGabbard -- if you can't get enough people to support you in the poll requirements, what makes you think you can get enough people to elect you president? duh
If DNC approved polls (like, idk, yours?) were being released she wouldn't have to put this corrupt bull shit on blast.
Ummm NO!
Candidates, you knew the rules ahead of time. If you don't qualify for the debates, it's time to move on.
Or how about she changes everything about herself and campaign so she polls better?
Everyone is going by the same polls so its fair.
It's not an ask. She, along with everyone that witnessed their corruption in 2016, is asking for clear, fair practices for democracy. This isn't asking for permission. It's demanding that the people have a voice. DNC19 Corruption
LOL maybe get some actual supporters, Tulsi.
No one is going to vote for her anyway. Lol
Sounds like Trump... trying to make changes to benefit self.
I do not understand her purpose in this race, save to toss a grenade in every now and then. No clue what she stands for. Is she left? Right? I know there was some anti-LGBT stuff in her background. A mystery.
Thank you Tulsi for standing up for transparency, fairness and democracy. How is a candidate supposed to qualify with so few DNC-approved polls? Tulsi is at 2% plus in over 20 non-DNC-approved polls. It appears the DNC is trying to keep Tulsi out of Debate 3.
And how's that going for you Tulsi?
Oh wait was she still in the race? I thought she dropped out already?
That's not what the campaign is saying. Tulsi wants an explanation why: 1. after the first debate, 14 DNC Certified Polls were released and 2. now after the second debate only 4 DNC certified polls were released!? The DNC has also not released the criteria for qualifying polls.
🎻
Sorry. This is how they thin the herd.
She's right. Why are no qualifying polls being released after the second debate? She got 2% in 26 different unqualifying polls since the second debate.
You’re hot you should be allowed to debate
No
notcapnamerica
Russian asset said what?
Nope
After the KO she delivered to Kamala the DNC is afraid of her.
She's off my list.
Does ABC plan to release a poll before the debate deadline? Because this is part of the problem. Only 4 of the approved pollsters have released polls since the qualifications began.
Hmm, change the rules b/c she's not winning. She's in the wrong party obviously.
It's a politically sound suggestion. You can't know who you'd like to vote for if they are not out there presenting themselves. The 'Media, Kings,' owners of the airtime, choose who gets that air time. They have the power to absolutely control our choice. WTHFCC?
Short answer for Tulsi Gabbard: No.
HAHAAHAAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! no
Sounds like something Trump would do.
NO! Next?
Tell Tolstoy Tulsi to run for office in Russia bc she can't win in the USA
If anyone thinks this is fair to any candidate, they’re crazy
The new Jill Stein same as the old Jill Stein.
I thought it was up to CNN, not DNC?
TulsiGabbard Sorry, you do not get a rule change. Furthermore, you & others should now gracefully bow out, because otherwise, rRump will be re-elected. A moderate candidate is imperative.
Nope.
Nope, nope, nope!
I'm yanggang through and through, but Tulsi had all the right ideas too
Well, she's not a democrat anyway. Bye, Felicia.
The DNC is trying to marginalize Tulsi Gabbard because they know she is potentially popular with voters. Stop banning Tulsi from the upcoming debates! Let her speak.
We don't need more whack jobs in the party. And we need to keep non-Dems like Bernie out. Need a 5-year rule, been a registered Dem for 5 years? Good, then DNC will allow you into the game and provide support along with others. He should never have been in there.
Nah don’t think so
Considering after the first debate there were 14 DNC approved polls released but after the second debates there have only been 4 so far, I would say it’s justified to expand the list of polling agencies used, especially when many of them are more credible.
Bye, Tulsi
TulsiPress is the only candidate who can attract swing voters or ex-Trump supporters.
Poor Tuisl. Wants to change the rules. She’s. A Republican in disguise
Nooooo So we can have 20 people at each debate and the ones that have a chance to win, new get all the time they should.....noooo
Drop out TulsiGabbard. We don't like you.
No Tulsi! If you can’t meet the requirements, then DROP OUT! You will never get the nom anyway.
Nope!
Typical Democrat
The DNC just fixes the campaign to get the results they want and who they want. fact hardtruth nothingyoucandoaboutit
Nope
even the DNC can smell a skunk
Another that needs a gimme
I agree! She is a great candidate
It wouldn't change her ratings.
Um do not do this TheDemocrats DNC ...it is time to whittle
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