Eight presidential candidates have joined fellow presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker’s call for the Democratic National Committee to change its debate qualification standards for the January and February debates.
Booker and Castro have honed in on the conversation about the depleting diversity in the Democratic field. California Sen. Kamala Harris had qualified for Thursday's debate, but suspended her presidential campaign citing a lack of funds to her continue her campaign. Each month, the DNC has raised its polling and fundraising thresholds candidates need to surpass in order to qualify for the debate.and has voiced his support of Booker’s efforts to persuade the DNC to change its rules.
Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker speaks during the 2020 Gun Safety Forum hosted by gun control activist groups Giffords and March for Our Lives at Enclave on October 2, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "The DNC has led a fair and transparent process and even told campaigns almost a year ago that the qualification criteria would go up later in the year — not one campaign objected,” DNC Communications Director Xochitl Hinojosa said. “The DNC will not change the threshold for any one candidate and will not revert back to two consecutive nights with more than a dozen candidates. Our qualification criteria is extremely low and reflects where we are in the race.
Signage for the sixth Democratic presidential candidates' debate at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles is seen, Dec. 15, 2019.
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