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Bloomberg Gets Debate Opening Warren Allies Pushed For. It Happened. Now She’s Outraged.

Eric Quintanar
Bloomberg Gets Debate Opening Warren Allies Pushed For. It Happened. Now She’s Outraged.
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The DNC has adjusted the Democratic presidential primary debate requirements for the Wednesday, February 19 televised debate in Las Vegas, Nevada, and the new requirements have left an opening for Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, to make his first appearance alongside the remaining presidential hopefuls. 

According to Politico, the DNC has removed the small-donor requirement, which was in effect starting in September 2019, to participate in the debates. The requirement had previously prohibited Bloomberg, who does not collect money from small donors, from attending the debates once he launched his late-start campaign in November. 

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