Tulsi Gabbard may have just qualified for the next Democratic debate thanks to American Samoa

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

One surprise winner of Super Tuesday could end up being Rep. Tulsi Gabbard.

While the rules for the next debate have not been released by the DNC, the most recent thresholds have allowed candidates to qualify if they performed well enough to earn a delegate in the primary so far.

There are also polling thresholds — which Gabbard has failed to meet several times in a row — but her performance in the territory of American Samoa could put her in the game, however one DNC official said that the delegate threshold "will go up."

Even the most dialed in debate observers did not know what to make of the development early Tuesday evening.

https://news.yahoo.com/tulsi-gabbard-may-just-qualified-011421544.html

[msongs]

1. she will save the party at the convention nt

[madaboutharry]

2. I thought she said she was boycotting the debates.

[oasis]

3. She can debate Bernie and Elizabeth. Joe won't be suckered into that.

[FreeState]

4. Nope - DNC Will Raise Debate Threshold

https://heavy.com/news/2020/03/dnc-debate-tulsi-gabbard-delegate/

An official with the DNC has announced on Twitter that the threshold for participating in a Democratic debate will be increased. This announcement was made around the same time that American Samoa caucus rewarded Tulsi Gabbard with a delegate after she earned 29.3 percent of the votes with 99 percent reporting. The DNC’s debate threshold had allowed anyone to qualify to be in a debate if they gained one delegate in a primary or caucus, but the tweet from an official with the DNC indicates that might change.

[maximusveritas]

9. Yes, it shouldn't even be a question. She got that delegate based on 103 votes

She has 1 delegate out of 1,215 so far declared.

[SergeStorms]

5. Please............NO!

Don't give the republican trolls more impetus to vote for her, poll for her, send her their $2 donations. Get out of it, Tulsi! Why are you hanging around anyway? You won't even win the Hawaiian Islands.

[Talitha]

6. Just cancel the debates - it's obviously become a 2 person race.

[totodeinhere]

8. In a two-person race shouldn't the two remaining candidates debate each other

one on one? I would love to see Joe and Bernie go at it one on one.

[Talitha]

12. Yes, definitely!

The candidate list has been winnowed down, and multi-person debates just doesn't make sense anymore. I'd prefer one-on-one between whoever wants to participate. A new series of these would be much more useful, don't you think? Keep them 2 hours long.

[totodeinhere]

7. Let her debate. I'm not afraid of her. Let the other candidates take a crack at her.

n/t

[Celerity]

10. She was a principal driver in helping to run out Harris via attacks in back to back debates.

Harris never recovered, especially when the Sanderite social media sphere (then picked up and amplified by the MSM) made the 'Kamala is a cop' stick like gum on the sole of a plimsoul.

[SCantiGOP]

11. She's on a roll

She is only 1,990 delegates short of winning.