to talk to voters in this way? can they? many of them won t is the reality of it. i think the deadline is august 28th, the end of the month to qualify for the next debate and if they don t, they have some really tough decisions to make. if they are self funding like john delaney, millions of dollars at their disposal maybe they could try to keep going and make the october debate but if you are a kirsten gillibrand, if you are one of the lower tier candidates who isn t using their own money to fund their campaign, they re going to have to make a tough decision. do you keep going, can you afford to keep going? can you afford to keep paying your staff? that is a really pressing issue for a lot of the campaigns is can they continue to make payroll for their staff because their fundraising in a lot of cases is drying up. what do you think? i think expectations matter. so polls are not everything. but they do signal to donors and to just rank and file democrats about your ability to pe
costs, medicare pays 90%. if the government was the only payer like in the payer propos l proposa proposals. they have quality access for the american people. that st why that proposal is not as. what about the statement earlier on in the campaign, saying no billionaire should self fund their campaign. you re self funding. partially. and you re not a billionaire. were you personally offended by that? i think it was a self serving comment, right? i think the american people are fine with people investing in their own campaigns. i started my two businesses from scratch, my dad was an electrician, my parents didn t go to college. i m very proud of my businesses in the communities, they were
terms of being competitive. i also think the challenge for him is what are you doing? why are you running? there is certainly as a democratic party and republican party, there s some core values we share and some differences. i think on our side we are all excited. we ll have a debate over ideas. with schultz, he ll come in as i m not to anyone because i m self-funding. tell us is it a goal of yours to get there? i think that s something he is tone da tone deaf about. yeah. i want to go right to you. i think you re the kind of person that howard schultz wants
protective status. what it s not going to deal with is the one legitimate crisis at the border. that is the families and unaccompanied children that are there. i want to change the sub jektd to the fact that he is talking about running for president and self-funded campaign, potential spoiler for democrats. you heard him basically plead not to run. are you worried about such a race? i m worried about the self-f self-funding you have. it is to buy a seat. you see it happening all of the time whether people are getting money from mega donors. both political parties have to
the temporary protected status. what it s not going to deal with is the one legitimate crisis at the border and that is the families and the unaccompanied children who are there. and the president has been unwilling to spend money where it s needed in central america to try to create an atmosphere where those people can stay where they are, rather than having to come to the border. i want to change the subject to the fact that former starbucks ceo howard schultz is talking about running as president as an independent. potential spoiler for democrats. you heard julian castro basicalbase ically plead with schultz not to run. are you worried about that? i m worried about the self-funding. feeds into the more money you have, the money opportunity you have to buy off government. we see that where people are self-funding or getting money from mostly mega donors. in terms of the debate, both political parties have to go out there and debate with the