DNC Chair Denies She Disinvited Vice Chair Tulsi Gabbard

MITCHELL: “What about your Vice Chair, Tulsi Gabbard, the Congresswoman from Hawaii? She says that you told her she could not come here today. That doesn’t sound inclusive.”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: “Yeah, that’s simply not the case. You know —“ [crosstalk]
MITCHELL: “She’s welcome to come in?”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: “The congresswoman was asked to focus on our candidates, on the issues that are important to Americans to draw a contrast with the Republicans —“ 
MITCHELL: “But, she says there should be more than six debates.”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: “And — and we are a big tent party, and welcome those opinions. But this debate, and every debate going forward is about the issues. She is continuing to focus on process, which she’s entitled to do. But we asked her, if she could focus on those issues, and she chose not to come, because, I guess, she can’t.” 
MITCHELL: “She says that you said she can’t come.”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: “That is simply not the case. What we said, as my staff communicated to her staff, is that she needed to focus on the issues and make a commitment to do that. And in fact, she said yesterday in a news interview that if she came, she would be a distraction so she chose not to come.”