Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles CONGRESS WOMAN OLF. CONGRESS WOMAN OLF. CONGRESS WOMAN OLF. ALOHA, GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU AND ALOHA, GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU AND ALOHA, GOOD TO TALK WITH YOU AND YOUR VIEWERS TODAY. YOUR VIEWERS TODAY. YOUR VIEWERS TODAY. AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN PRETTY VOCAL ABOUT CALLING OUT FOR MORE VOCAL ABOUT CALLING OUT FOR MORE VOCAL ABOUT CALLING OUT FOR MORE DEB DEB DEB DEBATES. DEBATES. DEBATES. I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR MORE I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR MORE I'VE BEEN CALLING FOR MORE DEBATES TO GIVE THE AMERICAN DEBATES TO GIVE THE AMERICAN DEBATES TO GIVE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR PEOPLE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND FROM PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIEWS HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIEWS HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIEWS AND POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT AND POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT AND POSITIONS BECAUSE THAT DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE DECISION DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE DECISION DIFFERENTIATED FROM THE DECISION THE CHAIRWOMAN MADE FROM THE THE CHAIRWOMAN MADE FROM THE THE CHAIRWOMAN MADE FROM THE DNC. DNC. DNC. I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NO LONGER I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NO LONGER I WAS TOLD THAT I WAS NO LONGER WELCOME TO COME TO THE DEBATE. WELCOME TO COME TO THE DEBATE. WELCOME TO COME TO THE DEBATE. >> SO DEBBIE SCHULTZ, THE CHAIR >> SO DEBBIE SCHULTZ, THE CHAIR >> SO DEBBIE SCHULTZ, THE CHAIR OF THE DNC WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS OF THE DNC WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS OF THE DNC WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS SHE ORDERED ONE OF HER AIDES TO SHE ORDERED ONE OF HER AIDES TO SHE ORDERED ONE OF HER AIDES TO CALL UP YOUR STAFFER AND SAY CALL UP YOUR STAFFER AND SAY CALL UP YOUR STAFFER AND SAY DON'T COME? DON'T COME? DON'T COME? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? >> THERE WAS A CONVERSATION >> THERE WAS A CONVERSATION >> THERE WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HER CHIEF AND MY CHIEF. BETWEEN HER CHIEF AND MY CHIEF. BETWEEN HER CHIEF AND MY CHIEF. DEBBIE'S CHIEF CALLED MINE AND DEBBIE'S CHIEF CALLED MINE AND DEBBIE'S CHIEF CALLED MINE AND BASICALLY SPOKE ABOUT AN BASICALLY SPOKE ABOUT AN BASICALLY SPOKE ABOUT AN INTERVIEW I HAD HAD TALKING INTERVIEW I HAD HAD TALKING INTERVIEW I HAD HAD TALKING ABOUT THE NEED AND THE CALL THAT ABOUT THE NEED AND THE CALL THAT ABOUT THE NEED AND THE CALL THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE HAVING FOR MORE DEBATES, FOR EMODEMOCR, FOR MORE DEBATES, FOR EMODEMOCR, FOR MORE DEBATES, FOR EMODEMOCR, FOR INCREASING THE ENGAGEMENT WE FOR INCREASING THE ENGAGEMENT WE FOR INCREASING THE ENGAGEMENT WE NEED IN OUR SOCIETY AS WE LOOK NEED IN OUR SOCIETY AS WE LOOK NEED IN OUR SOCIETY AS WE LOOK TO SEE WHO WILL LEAD OUR COUNTRY TO SEE WHO WILL LEAD OUR COUNTRY TO SEE WHO WILL LEAD OUR COUNTRY INTO THE FUTURE. INTO THE FUTURE. INTO THE FUTURE. AND THE PREVAILING MESSAGE OF AND THE PREVAILING MESSAGE OF AND THE PREVAILING MESSAGE OF THAT WAS BECAUSE I CONTINUED TO THAT WAS BECAUSE I CONTINUED TO THAT WAS BECAUSE I CONTINUED TO CALL FOR MORE DEBATES THAT I CALL FOR MORE DEBATES THAT I CALL FOR MORE DEBATES THAT I SHOULD NOT GO TO THE DEBATE SHOULD NOT GO TO THE DEBATE SHOULD NOT GO TO THE DEBATE THERE IN LAS VEGAS BUT REALLY, THERE IN LAS VEGAS BUT REALLY, THERE IN LAS VEGAS BUT REALLY, WOLF, THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE. WOLF, THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE. WOLF, THAT'S THE ISSUE HERE. THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT ABOUT ME THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT ABOUT ME THE ISSUE HERE IS NOT ABOUT ME SAYING BOOHOO I'M GOING TO MISS SAYING BOOHOO I'M GOING TO MISS SAYING BOOHOO I'M GOING TO MISS THE PARTY, THE ISSUE IS ONE OF THE PARTY, THE ISSUE IS ONE OF THE PARTY, THE ISSUE IS ONE OF DEMO DEMO DEMO DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND DEFENDING THAT WHICH SO MANY DEFENDING THAT WHICH SO MANY DEFENDING THAT WHICH SO MANY HAVE SACRIFICED AND GIVEN THEIR HAVE SACRIFICED AND GIVEN THEIR HAVE SACRIFICED AND GIVEN THEIR LIVES FOR. LIVES FOR. LIVES FOR. >> HAVE YOU CALLED DEBBIE >> HAVE YOU CALLED DEBBIE >> HAVE YOU CALLED DEBBIE SCHULTZ, A CONGRESSWOMAN, THE SCHULTZ, A CONGRESSWOMAN, THE SCHULTZ, A CONGRESSWOMAN, THE CHAIR OF THE DNC? CHAIR OF THE DNC? CHAIR OF THE DNC? >> YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO >> YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO >> YOU KNOW, I REACHED OUT TO HER AFTER I GOT THAT MESSAGE AND HER AFTER I GOT THAT MESSAGE AND HER AFTER I GOT THAT MESSAGE AND DIDN'T REALLY GET MUCH OF A DIDN'T REALLY GET MUCH OF A DIDN'T REALLY GET MUCH OF A RESPONSE FROM HER DIRECTLY. RESPONSE FROM HER DIRECTLY. RESPONSE FROM HER DIRECTLY. SHE SAID SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT I SHE SAID SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT I SHE SAID SHE WOULD TALK ABOUT I FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR FOR THE STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY. DEMOCRACY. >> THE DNC PUT OUT A STATEMENT >> THE DNC PUT OUT A STATEMENT >> THE DNC PUT OUT A STATEMENT SPOKESWOMAN HOLLY SAYING ALL SPOKESWOMAN HOLLY SAYING ALL SPOKESWOMAN HOLLY SAYING ALL THAT WAS ASKED OF MS. GABBARD'S THAT WAS ASKED OF MS. GABBARD'S THAT WAS ASKED OF MS. GABBARD'S STAFF WAS TO PRIORITIZE OUR STAFF WAS TO PRIORITIZE OUR STAFF WAS TO PRIORITIZE OUR CANDIDATES AND THIS IMPORTANT CANDIDATES AND THIS IMPORTANT CANDIDATES AND THIS IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO OPPORTUNITY THEY HAVE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WENT ON AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WENT ON AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WENT ON SUGGESTING THAT YOU SHOULD JUST SUGGESTING THAT YOU SHOULD JUST SUGGESTING THAT YOU SHOULD JUST KEEP ON THE POSITIVE AND NOT KEEP ON THE POSITIVE AND NOT KEEP ON THE POSITIVE AND NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU MAY DISAGREE TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU MAY DISAGREE TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU MAY DISAGREE WITH THE PARTY CHAIR ON AND YOU WITH THE PARTY CHAIR ON AND YOU WITH THE PARTY CHAIR ON AND YOU WERE ALSO QUOTED AS SEEING WHEN WERE ALSO QUOTED AS SEEING WHEN WERE ALSO QUOTED AS SEEING WHEN I SIGNED UP TO BE VICE CHAIR OF I SIGNED UP TO BE VICE CHAIR OF I SIGNED UP TO BE VICE CHAIR OF THE DNC, NO ONE TOLD ME I WOULD THE DNC, NO ONE TOLD ME I WOULD THE DNC, NO ONE TOLD ME I WOULD BE RELINK WISHING MY FREEDOM OF BE RELINK WISHING MY FREEDOM OF BE RELINK WISHING MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND CHECKING IT AT THE SPEECH AND CHECKING IT AT THE SPEECH AND CHECKING IT AT THE DOOR. DOOR. DOOR. THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS ON YOUR THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS ON YOUR THOSE ARE STRONG WORDS ON YOUR PART. PART. PART. >> THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOT THE >> THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOT THE >> THOSE COMMENTS WERE NOT THE COMMENTS THAT I GOT FROM MY COMMENTS THAT I GOT FROM MY COMMENTS THAT I GOT FROM MY CHIEF OF STAFF FROM THAT CHIEF OF STAFF FROM THAT CHIEF OF STAFF FROM THAT CONVERSATION. CONVERSATION. CONVERSATION. BUT I CAN THINK OF NOTHING MORE BUT I CAN THINK OF NOTHING MORE BUT I CAN THINK OF NOTHING MORE POSITIVE TO TALK ABOUT THAN THE POSITIVE TO TALK ABOUT THAN THE POSITIVE TO TALK ABOUT THAN THE STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY. STRENGTH OF OUR DEMOCRACY.