Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez defended the party's primary debate qualifications and nominating process amid accusations that the party is lacking diversity amid its top 2020 contenders.
But in an interview with CNN's John Berman on"New Day," Perez said the party cannot change its rules to ensure minority candidates don't drop out before the nominating process begins, a day after one of the field's most prominent black candidates suspended his campaign after not qualifying for the debate.Volatile Democratic race comes to Iowa for final debate before caucuses"We've set a really remarkably inclusive, and frankly low bar throughout the campaigns ...
Read MoreThe comments from Perez come a day after Cory Booker, one of the most prominent black candidates running for president, suspended his campaign, again drawing attention to a lack of racial diversity atop the Democratic field. Booker's exit leaves just three candidates of color in a race that at one point was largely defined by its exceptional amount of diversity.
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