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From NBC News: Democrats plan to formally renominate President Joe Biden in a virtual roll call vote during the first week of August, before the party’s national convention, despite protests from some Democrats who want more time for the party to consider alternative nominees.
The plan was formally announced in a letter to Democratic National Committee members sent Wednesday morning, which comes after weeks of internal struggle about whether to stick with Biden after a weak debate performance.
Parties typically nominate their presidential standard bearers during live roll call votes at their national conventions, which are often a highlight of the events. But Democrats have been planning for the unusual pre-convention virtual roll call to avoid potential litigation in Ohio, they say.
Democrats plan to formally re-nominate President Biden in a virtual roll call vote during the first week of August, before the party’s national convention, despite protests from some Democrats who want more time for the party to consider alternatives. https://t.co/1HjSpyBwoU
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 17, 2024
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the co-chair of the Democratic National Convention’s Rules Committee, claimed to reporters, “This meeting was scheduled for many months, the one on Friday, and it was never meant to be the virtual roll call. It will be setting out the agenda as the Rules Committee moving forward.”
“I don’t trust them in Ohio to do this. But that’s not the only reason for it. We need to get these things done,” Walz said at a Biden campaign presser in Milwaukee
Walz added that other states have ballot deadlines in August. Washington’s is on the second day of convention.
— aaron navarro (@aaronlarnavarro) July 17, 2024
However, according to a report by Fox News, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is frantically pushing for the DNC to delay their nomination of Biden. Fox wrote:
Schumer spoke with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and both men agreed to urge the DNC to delay a virtual roll call planned for this month to officially nominate Biden, three sources told Fox News Digital.
It was revealed Wednesday that the DNC was delaying its nomination plans to August after significant pushback from party members toward an initial plan to nominate Biden later this month.
“We have confirmed with the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic National Convention that no virtual voting will begin before August 1,” wrote DNC Rules Committee co-chairs Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., and veteran Democratic Party official Leah Daughtry in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
It’s gotten somewhat lost in the shuffle, but the most recent statements from both Schumer and Jeffries have been *really* noncommittal towards Biden https://t.co/2iHi25OjS1 pic.twitter.com/08iu7xce1u
— Gabe Fleisher (@WakeUp2Politics) July 17, 2024
BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries pushed the party to delay its nominating process, multiple sources tell ABC News. https://t.co/OoVCiq2AOZ
— ABC News (@ABC) July 17, 2024
Democrats aim to nominate President Biden in the first week of August even as some push him to quit the race.https://t.co/9jkT7m6Cau
— 6 News WOWT (@WOWT6News) July 17, 2024
