Democrats delay Biden’s ratification as candidate until early August

The Democratic Party postponed until early August the ratification of the American president, Joe Bidenas a candidate for the November elections, a decision that seeks to appease the criticism that has arisen in recent hours among Democrats of the Low camera.

On Tuesday, sources close to the political party informed EFE that the idea was to telematically ratify Biden as a candidate before the end of July. However, this proposal immediately met with opposition from several Democratic representatives, who began to circulate a letter to collect signatures and stop the process.

On Wednesday morning, in an attempt to calm the discontent, the leaders of the rules committee of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) communicated in another letter to the rest of the members of that commission that the procedure to confirm Biden will not begin until after August 1.

In the letter, which was obtained by media outlets such as CBS and Politico, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Leah Daughtry, leaders of the rules committee, said they do not want anyone to feel “pressured” to choose Biden as their candidate.

“None of this is going to be rushed (…) Our standards are set in public meetings, anchored in the party’s founding charter and its traditions. This will continue into the 2024 election cycle, as it should, especially now that there is so much at stake,” he said.they wrote in the letter.

In any case, the text makes clear that the Democratic National Committee’s intention is to proclaim Biden as its candidate before the party’s convention, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, between August 19 and 22.

Typically, presidential candidates receive their official nomination during these conventions. Former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) was officially nominated this week as the Republican Party’s candidate at the party’s convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

The DNC had already made the decision in May to officially nominate Biden electronically before the convention due to problems with the deadlines for registering him on the ballot for the November elections in the state of Ohio.

However, in recent weeks there have been voices against moving forward with the process to ratify Biden online, and some party members even called on Biden to end his re-election campaign after his weak performance in the June 27 debate against Trump.

With the exception of 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic, never before has a major party candidate, the Democrat or the Republican, been nominated online.

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