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Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has called for an open Democrat primary in 2024, amid lack of transparency in the current system. The Democratic National Committee has repeatedly denied holding primary debates between President Biden and Democrat challengers, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and author Marianne Williamson.
Dorsey took to Twitter after Biden took a nasty fall while addressing Air Force Academy graduates, quoting a video of the incident and saying: “Open the Democrat primaries and debates. This isn’t fair to anyone.”
Open the Democrat primaries and debates. This isn’t fair to anyone. https://t.co/KcW67BaR7z
— jack (@jack) June 1, 2023
Despite sizable interest in at least one candidate, DNC officials have refused to hold debates between Biden and his primary challengers. Support for Kennedy has reached as high as 20% according to some pollsters, while a recent Fox News poll found Democrat support for Kennedy at 16%.
Symone Sanders, who previously served as a spokeswoman for Kamala Harris, dismissed Kennedy’s candidacy and poured cold water on hopes for an open primary process. “The mealy-mouthed Democrats, as I like to call them, and some of my progressive friends who would like to live in a fantasyland, need to come back to reality,” Sanders said.
She further defended the DNC’s decision, stating that the current President is a Democrat who would like to run for re-election. “In that case, the Democratic National Committee will not facilitate a primary process. There will be no debate.”
Kennedy, however, slammed the party’s “rigged” process in an interview with the Epoch Times, stating that debates and town halls are a crucial part of the democratic process. “I think both political parties have to bend over backwards to start restoring faith in democracy and election integrity.”
As Americans become increasingly disillusioned with the political system, the DNC’s refusal to hold debates could further fuel the idea that the system is rigged against the people. Conservatives believe that this is yet another example of Democrats working to silence dissenting voices and subvert the will of the American people.
Source: Trending Politics
