The Democratic National Committee Rushes to Nominate a Deteriorating Joe Biden

Milwaukee – How often do you see Trump-era Republicans unified — or at least with only sotto voce grumbling — while Democrats are at each other’s throats about who their nominee should be?

Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison is going at it, hammer and tongs, with independent analyst Nate Silver on whether the DNC needs to formally nominate Joe Biden as its candidate before the convention, with “plans to hold virtual roll call as early as July 21.” That’s this coming Sunday; the Democratic convention starts in Chicago August 19. Harrison insists the much earlier start is necessary to ensure Joe Biden’s name appears on the ballot in Ohio; Silver insists the law has been changed, that any GOP legal challenge would go nowhere, and that Harrison is gaslighting the rest of the party.

About the Author

Jim Geraghty

Jim Geraghty is the senior political correspondent of National Review.

Featured Tags

Milwaukee – How often do you see Trump-era Republicans unified — or at least with only sotto voce grumbling — while Democrats are at each other’s throats about who their nominee should be?

Democratic National Committee chair Jaime Harrison is going at it, hammer and tongs, with independent analyst Nate Silver on whether the DNC needs to formally nominate Joe Biden as its candidate before the convention, with “plans to hold virtual roll call as early as July 21.” That’s this coming Sunday; the Democratic convention starts in Chicago August 19. Harrison insists the much earlier start is necessary to ensure Joe Biden’s name appears on the ballot in Ohio; Silver insists the law has been changed, that any GOP legal challenge would go nowhere, and that Harrison is gaslighting the rest of the party.