How unfortunate that Steve Bullock wasn't allowed to be in the first debate

[mtnsnake]

He would have had so much more to contribute than Williamson, Delaney and Gillibrand.

Bullock is the only candidate to have won a Trump state in 2016 when he was re-elected in Montana even though he openly favored a ban on assault weapons. To think he did that in a state that likes its guns is pretty remarkable. He's middle of the road, goes after Trump with a vengeance, and has a lot to say that would have appealed to many voters if only he could have been heard. Now, unfortunately, he has to work twice as hard as the other lesser known candidates to get his name recognition up there.

Instead we got to hear that chameleon, Gillibrand, interrupt all the time with her junior high schoolish rants, Delaney with whatever that clown was trying to talk about, and Marianne Williamson with her (and I'm ad libbing) 'I will meet you (Trump) on the field and beat you with love' drivel. What the hell was she doing on the same stage with candidates such as Buttigieg, Harris, Biden, Sanders, Bennet, Hickenlooper, & Swalwell when we should have been hearing from a quality candidate like Bullock instead?

[hlthe2b]

1. Could not agree more.

I'm a little--ok, a lot--dismayed at those defending Williamson being there because "they'd like to hang out with her"... oh my. Never in my lifetime have we needed someone with the relevant experience, demonstrated competence and intellectual maturity to pull us out of the myriad of crises delivered to us by Trump. I'll just leave it at that, but...

[iamateacher]

2. I agree

He is very impressive.

[msongs]

3. the same bullock that says undocumented immigrants should not get health care like citizens? nt

[mtnsnake]

4. Yes, that is true, BUT if anyone really wants to get to know him a bit, please check out this video

of Bullock when he appeared on Morning Joe today. Bullock comes in at the 1m30sec mark and is on for several minutes. Among many other things the hosts asked him, he even gets asked a question from Willy Geiss about whether or not he believes Joe Biden looked like a strong front runner last night. I thought he handled that question and every other question very well. Here's the link to the video.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/videos/bullock-no-insurance-to-undocumented-immigrants/vi-AADyCqo

[Celerity]

5. I posted that video as an OP earlier, that's where (I assume) msongs's comment came from as

they had replied to my OP.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1287175695

[Rhiannon12866]

6. I agree and apparently Stephen Colbert felt the same way:

Governor Steve Bullock Gets His Chance To Debate

Sure, twenty candidates qualified for the first round of Democratic debates. But only one candidate qualified for the 'All Governor Steve Bullock' debate.