The Democrat Display of Lunacy Moves to a New Location

The second democratic debate is approaching quickly, and again, as a result of the number of candidates hoping to clinch the nomination, it will be held over two nights. CNN is hosting this debate in Detroit, Michigan, but instead of announcing which candidates would be debating and on which night, they aired a live hour long segment to announce the results of the live draw, which split the 20 Democrats in the field into two groups of 10.

The debates will be aired on July 30 and July 31, and should be just as, if not more, interesting as the first round of Democrat Debates in June.

Candidates needed at least 1% support in at least three approved polls

On the first evening we find the two top Democrat-Socialist contenders, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, facing off. They will be joined on stage by fan favorite Marianne Williamson, who will likely defeat the entire field with Love, former Maryland Representative John Delaney, former Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper, Ohio Representative Tim Ryan, former Texas Representative Beto O’Rourke, otherwise known as Robert Francis O’Rourke, Montana Governor Steve Bullock, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg. As all of the first nights candidates are of Caucasian descent, it will be interesting to see how prominent the racial tensions we are witnessing everywhere, these days, will influence night one.

The Circus’ Kiddie-Table

On night two, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be facing off once again. Will the two of them suck all of the air out of the room, or will another candidate jump in and take that attention for themselves? Joining them on stage are former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, businessman Andrew Yang, a fan favorite from debate one, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, Colorado Senator Michael Bennet, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, Washington Governor Jay Inslee, and New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.

Candidates needed at least 1% support in at least three approved polls, or receive 65,000 unique campaign contributions, with a minimum of 200 donations from 20 states to qualify for the debates. While most candidates managed to meet these requirements, Governor Bullock was the only candidate to qualify for the second round of debates after failing to meet the requirements to join the first debate, likely as a result of California Representative Eric Swallwall dropping out of the race.

Who Missed the Cut?

A few of the candidates hoping to make the stage on this second round of debates were left disappointed. However, the reasons are not as simple as not meeting the requirements set forth by the Democratic National Committee. Former Congressman Joe Sestak and billionaire Tom Steyer both failed to qualify, likely as a result of having recently joining the race, however Massachusetts Representative Seth Moulton had plenty of time, and according to the DNC, still came up short.

A statement released by Matt Corridoni on Twitter on July 17 after the lineup was announced, claimed that Moulton did, in fact, raise enough money, meeting the qualifications set forth to be included in the second debate, but the DNC is holding firm.

The letter, submitted to the DNC, reads as follows:

“Seth Moulton, a Marine Corps veteran who served four combat tours in Iraq, is running in the Democratic presidential primary on a platform of keeping our country safe and secure, taking back patriotism for our party, and encouraging every American to serve our nation. These issues need to be discussed in our party’s debates if we want to select the best candidate to take on and beat Donald Trump. In advance of the July debate, our campaign is submitting 12 polls that show Congressman Moulton polling at one percent in the Democratic presidential primary. All of the polls listed in our submission meet methodology standards and are run by organizations with a passing rating, according to FiveThirtyEight. Some are more highly rated or more accurate over time than some of the polls that do count.

Further, we would like to highlight the fact that Seth Moulton for America raised more money in the second quarter of 2019 than five of the candidates who were on the first debate stage: Bill de Blasio, John Delaney, John Hickenlooper, Tim Ryan, and Eric Swallwell. The online donor debate qualification is an important measure of the strength of the campaign, but so is longevity-and we believe our fundraising numbers are evidence of our staying power in this race.”

It will be interesting to see what this field focuses on in this second debate. With “The Squad” taking all of the attention away from these presidential candidates, it will be imperative for them to reclaim their time and make their case to America.