Debbie Wasserman Schultz: ‘We’re Having Six Debates–Period’

The Democratic National Committee chair also jabbed at the candidate who's been most aggressive in agitating for more.

U.S. Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a Democrat from Florida and chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC), speaks during an interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, July 30, 2014.
Photographer: David Banks/Bloomberg

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By Jennifer Epstein

September 10, 2015 at 2:17 PM UTC

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Facing increasing resistance from candidates and party officials, Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Thursday stood firmly by her plan to hold exactly six presidential debates—and jabbed at the candidate who's been most aggressive in agitating for more.

"We're having six debates–period," the Florida congresswoman said at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast in Washington, repeating that pledge several times over the course of an hour, even when pressed on former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley's claims that the process is "rigged" against all candidates other than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.