November 21, 2007
SANTA FE, NM-- New Mexico Governor and Presidential candidate Bill Richardson today released the following statement on the circumstances surrounding the upcoming debate in Los Angeles, California:
"I have long stood with labor. If the CBS writers are still on strike, I will not cross the picket line for the upcoming Presidential debate.
"Supporting workers' rights is more important than anything I will say at the debate."
Bill Richardson, Statement by Bill Richardson: "Honoring Picket Line is More Important Than Debate" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/294828