A pack of House Democrats is making a Hail Mary play to stave off a plan by the Democratic National Committee to crown President Joe Biden as its nominee weeks before the party’s August convention, according to multiple reports.
The letter, first obtained by The New York Times, demands that the DNC pump the brakes on a virtual roll call vote expected to cement Biden’s nomination as early as July 21.
“There is no legal justification for this extraordinary and unprecedented action which would effectively accelerate the nomination process by nearly a month,” the letter reads, going to on to call the plan a “terrible idea” that would have a chilling effect on party process, “stifling debate and prematurely shutting down any possible change in the Democratic ticket.”
