在未能满足下一轮辩论的要求后，2020年民主党候选人图西·加巴德出现在福克斯新闻上，批评该党的全国委员会“缺乏透明度”

下一次民主党总统辩论的资格截止日期是周三晚上午夜。仍在竞选的20名候选人中，只有10名将于下月在德克萨斯州休斯顿登台。与前两次辩论相比，这一要求翻了一番，候选人需要至少有13万名捐助者，并在四次全国民意测验中获得2%的支持。加巴德达到了必要的捐赠门槛，但在投票中没有达到。

福克斯新闻的主持人塔克·卡尔森首先问加巴德，民主党全国委员会是否真的“拒绝承认你有资格参加下一场辩论的有效民意测验”

这位女议员说，整个投票过程“有点混乱”，但真正的问题是“整个过程真的缺乏透明度”。

加巴德说:“人们应该拥有这种透明度，因为最终，将由人民来决定谁将成为我们的民主党候选人，并最终决定谁将成为我们的下一任总统——总司令。”。“当你看到这种缺乏透明度的情况时，你知道，这会造成对这一过程缺乏信心和信任。”

加巴德接着说，这一挑战并不是民主党全国委员会独有的，而是延伸到整个联邦政府。她认为选民正在失去对政府的信任，因为他们只看到像她这样的候选人被甩在后面，而“强大的精英”被选入政府。

“他们真正看到的是一小群真正强大的政治精英，当权派做出符合他们利益的决策，并在我们其他人被排除在外的情况下保持这种权力。美国人民被抛在了后面，”加巴德说。

挪威船级社发言人埃德里安娜·沃森对加巴德的评论做出回应，告诉新闻周刊:“辩论规则已经公开了几个月，与前几个周期相比，候选人获得了更多的机会和更多的时间来获得辩论资格。”

下一次民主党总统辩论将仅仅是一个晚上的活动，只有一半参加竞选的候选人符合参加竞选的必要条件。这些候选人包括乔·拜登、科里·布克、皮特·巴蒂吉、朱利安·卡斯特罗、卡马拉·哈里斯、艾米·克洛布查尔、贝托·奥洛克、伯尼·桑德斯、伊丽莎白·沃伦和杨安泽。

2020年的候选人需要满足两个标准才能登上舞台:130，000个独特的捐助者(在至少20个州的每个州至少有400个独特的捐助者)，以及在6月28日至8月28日期间发布的四次资格投票中至少有2%的支持者。

加巴德达到了捐赠门槛，但在两次全国民调中未能超过2%。如果统计更多的民意调查，其他符合辩论要求的候选人包括汤姆·施泰尔和玛丽安娜·威廉森。民主党全国委员会接受来自16个组织的辩论资格投票。

这个故事已经更新，包括来自民主党全国委员会的评论。

2019年7月17日，在爱荷华州锡达拉皮兹举行的美国退休人员协会和得梅因登记协会爱荷华州总统候选人论坛上，民主党总统候选人代表图西·加巴德发表讲话。加巴德达到了捐赠门槛，但未能满足9月份下一轮民主党辩论的投票要求。

TULSI GABBARD COMPLAINS TO FOX NEWS ABOUT 'LACK OF TRANSPARENCY' IN THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE AFTER FAILING TO QUALIFY FOR FALL DEBATE

After failing to meet the requirements for the next round of debates, 2020 Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard appeared on Fox News to criticize the party's national committee for a "lack of transparency."

The deadline to qualify for the next Democratic presidential debate passed at midnight on Wednesday night. Only 10 of the 20 candidates still in the running will be able to appear on stage next month in Houston, Texas. The requirements doubled from the previous two debates, with candidates needing to have at least 130,000 donors and 2 percent support in four national polls.Gabbard met the necessary donor threshold but fell short in polling.

Fox News host Tucker Carlson started the segment by asking Gabbard if the Democratic National Committee was really "refusing to recognize as valid polls that would qualify you for the next debate."

The congresswoman said the entire polling process gets a "little bit confusing" but that the real problem was that the "whole process really lacks transparency."

"People deserve having that transparency, because, ultimately, it's the people who will decide who our Democratic nominee will be and ultimately who our next president, commander-in-chief will be," Gabbard said. "And when you see that lack of transparency, it creates, you know, a lack of faith and trust in the process."

Gabbard went on to say that this challenge is not unique to the Democratic National Committee but extends to the entire federal government. She argued that voters are losing trust in the government because they only see "powerful elites" being elected to office while candidates like her are left behind.

"Really what they see is a small group of of really powerful political elites, the establishment making decisions that serve their interests and maintaining that power while the rest of us are left outside. The American people are left behind," Gabbard said.

DNC spokesperson Adrienne Watson responded to Gabbard's comments, telling Newsweek: "The debate rules have been public for months, and candidates have been given more opportunities and more time to qualify for debates than in previous cycles."

The next Democratic presidential debate will only be a one-night event after only half the candidates in the running met the necessary requirements to participate. Those candidates include Joe Biden, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julián Castro, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar, Beto O'Rourke, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Andrew Yang.

2020 hopefuls needed to meet two criteria in order to appear on stage: 130,000 unique donors (with a minimum of 400 unique donors per state in at least 20 states) and at least 2 percent support in four qualifying polls released between June 28 and August 28.

Gabbard met the donor threshold but failed to poll above 2 percent in two national polls. Other candidates who may have met the debate requirements if more polls were counted include Tom Steyer and Marianne Williamson. The Democratic National Committee accepts polls from 16 organizations for the debate qualifications.

 This story has been updated to include a comment from the Democratic National Committee.

Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) speaks during the AARP and The Des Moines Register Iowa Presidential Candidate Forum on July 17, 2019 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Gabbard hit the donor threshold but failed to meet the polling requirement for the next round of Democratic debates in September.