Let’s give everyone an opportunity to hear our ideas for the future and promote a healthy exchange of ideas. Let’s show that even though we disagree on many important issues we can still come together to debate how we move this country forward.

I sent a letter to Debbie Wasserman Schultz requesting a series of debates across the district on the issues that matter most to working Americans, seniors, women, college students, and more. It is my sincere belief that debate is the cornerstone of our democracy, and that the voters deserve a fair opportunity to hear from our opponent and myself.

I don’t know if Debbie Wasserman Schultz will agree to this challenge — her record on the presidential debate scheduling suggests someone who is uninterested in a healthy exchange of ideas within our party — but I am willing to give her the benefit of the doubt.

If you agree, add your name to our petition right now calling for a series of debates between Debbie Wasserman Schultz and myself over the next few months of this campaign.