DNC Chair: DNC Vice Chair Gabbard Lying, ‘Distracting’ Attention from Our Candidates

BLITZER: “That is amazing, as when you think about it, a Vice Chair of the DNC simply because she is recommending more debates, you disinvited her from coming here.”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: “First, that is simply not true, and here’s here lies the problem. You and I are now talking about Tulsi Gabbard rather than concentrating on the candidates and the issues that are important to Americans. I am drawing that contrast the she referenced in her interview yesterday that are important.  But, we are a big tent party, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. The congresswomen has made her opinion clear on the process, but this debate and our candidate forums and the campaign itself it’s not  about the process. It needs to be about the dramatic contrast between all of our Democratic candidates who want to move America forward, create more opportunities for the people who want to join the middle-class. And, unfortunately, Congresswoman Gabbard continues to focus on process. Now, she was asked to focus on our candidates and if she could keep the focus on our candidates than—that’s what we thought it’s important. At the end of the day, if you recall she said, she declined the invitation to come that was extended by Bernie Sanders’ campaign, because she thought she would be a distraction, and she spent a lot of this morning continuing to focus on process and herself, as opposed to talking about our great candidates.”