“We must live our values and there is nothing more core to the Democratic Party than the fight for working people,” Yang tweeted. “Tom Perez would absolutely not cross a picket line and would never expect our candidates to either,” DNC spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa said. “We had hoped that workers would have a contract with wages and affordable health insurance before the debate next week,” Minato said. This is the second time labor disputes have thrown a wrench into plans for the sixth Democratic debate, which was originally scheduled to take place at UCLA. The sixth Democratic debate will be co-hosted by PBS News Hour and Politico.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 19:50 UTC