DNC votes no on single-issue climate change debate, candidates protest hotair.com/archives/karen…
The vote Saturday was essentially one that would have allowed candidates to ignore DNC Chairman Tom Perez’s rule that they not participate in unofficial multi-candidate forums focused on climate change.
His rule bans candidates from appearing on the same stage at the same time during “non-party” events. In other words, unless an event is an official DNC debate, the party chairman doesn’t want two or more candidates on the same stage together.
This is why the various special interest groups set up individual interview formats or have the candidates deliver speeches alone on the stage. Perez hopes to avoid candidates going one on one against each other without the benefit of a formal party-sanctioned debate setting.
Grassroots activists and other environmental alarmists stormed the Democratic National Committee’s resolutions committee session Thursday to demand it pass a proposal for such a debate. The committee failed to do that by a vote of 17-8.
Saturday a final vote was taken and the resolution was defeated in a 222-137 vote.
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