Statement from Hillary Clinton on the Commission of Presidential Debates
“While the locations it selected are worthy ones, I believe the Commission on Presidential Debates missed a golden opportunity to show New Orleans that the entire country is committed to its recovery, by passing it up as a site for a debate. Hosting a debate in New Orleans would spotlight the city to the rest of world and push to ensure that its rebuilding is not ignored.
“Getting New Orleans back on its feet must be a national priority, as rebuilding New York after 9/11 was. We must get to work on a plan to cut through the red tape, deliver the federal assistance the city was promised, and get services running and infrastructure built in New Orleans and across the Gulf Coast.
“Choosing New Orleans as the site of one of our nation’s great democratic events would have been a chance to reaffirm this priority, and I’m sorry the commission decided differently.”
