Democrats are making plans to scrap July’s planned 2020 Democrat National Convention in Milwaukee, setting off what could be a chaotic scramble that could end with presumptive nominee Joe Biden kicked off the ticket.
The Democrat National Committee denied they would change plans for a July convention, which was met with skepticism as it came on the same day the International Olympic Committee announced July’s 2020 Olympics in Japan would be postponed until 2021.
With many states postponing primaries until later in the year, it would be impossible to carry out the convention as planned.
That sets up potential chaos. Final convention planning is usually conducted between the DNC and the campaign of the candidate coming into the convention with a majority of pledged delegates.
But while Biden leads Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in delegates, neither candidate has a majority.
There also will not be a coronavirus vaccine by July, and likely no drug or treatment that would prevent transmission, meaning no realistic way to put 17,000 people into an arena, as planned.
That means the Democrat National Convention could move ahead as an online meeting or conference call, which would be nearly impossible to properly conduct for all 3,979 planned delegates.
“Given what the experts are saying, delegates may end up on a phone call,” Bob Mulholland, a DNC member from California, said in a text message to POLITICO. “Push 1 for Sanders, push 2 for Biden, push 3 for Bloomberg and push 8 for Yang, etc.”
That sets up a potentially bloody fight on how to assign delegates for states that have not yet hold nominating contests. Moving ahead with the current delegate count locks out Sanders, who wasn’t given a chance to catch up and move ahead of Biden.
Sander supporters could sue to stop the Convention, citing the fact many states would be entirely left out.
There’s also the possibility the Convention could be scrapped entirely and the nominee picked by the Democrat National Committee.
While that would certainly be the end of Sanders’ hopes, as he is a harsh DNC critic, it would also spell trouble for Biden.
With Biden watching his lead slip away as the coronavirus crisis has pushed him to the media’s back burner, DNC members could structure a convention so another candidate, like New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, could be nominated instead.
While the Republican National Convention would likely also be scrapped, Trump has no major opposition and has already won a majority of all planned GOP convention delegates.
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Michael Brigham
Michael Brigham has written for American Action News since the summer of 2019. His areas of expertise include foreign affairs, government, and politics, but regardless of the subject matter, he has a nose and an insatiable appetite for news. In his free time, he enjoys reading nonfiction, watching a mix of comedies and true crime documentaries, and spending time away from the swamp hiking in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains.
Dumbocraps are worthless. Suspend the election for the next 6 years
Awesome solution
Suspend that whole party they’re all worthless
TOTALLY AGREE.
Who do the Democrats pick? Sanders is now gone. But Biden is no better. Old white men who are showing major signs of dementia. Biden has never had much sense.
1. Fire a shotgun in the air.
2. Big f****king deal.
3. Outing Seal Team 6 and getting them killed.
4. Bragging about getting the prosecutor of the Ukrainian gas company removed from office.
5. Corruption by his brother causing hospitals to be shut down.
6. Unable to treat union workers who want to keep their guns, with any respect. Vile, profane attack on the man.
I hope the BS supporters destroy their convention! And they will when they find out Bernie has been screwed again!
Question:As a tax paying Citizen, who has worked since age 10 and retired at age 73. Can Citizens of the USA FILE Lawsuits against Elected Officials, who have Neglected their duties, disrupted the Federal Government and knew about the Corona Virus long before the President and did nothing to to stop the spread to the American People? Nancy Pelosi, Adam Shift, Jerry Nadler and Chuck Schumer continued to receive their wages, which now should be given back and forwarded to the American people. CSM
I hope and pray we can and do!
Pray. God may answer your petition. For sure, no one in government or in a court will. Proof? See where Hillary is. And she herself, stated that if Trump won, they would be jailed for their crimes.
I think its disgusting that the dems and probably that sorass pig is paying bidens family to go along with their plan to make people think hes really running especially in the condition hes in. They are all truly vile and disgusting pigs. Go Trump
LMAO….Bitme being an idiot might get him kicked off. Running Andy? The guy who single highhandedly destroyed NY. Now there’s a good choice! Three hundered million people in this country, and the best the Demon-whores can find, are a communist, an idiot, and a state killer.
LOL. Your last sentence sounds like the lead-in to a great joke..
All these communist professors in these liberal schools got all bvb these college kids brain washed. Assholes were all pot smoking libtards from the hippie communes.. now there teaching our children. Go figure. WOODSTOCK ASSHOLES..
It seems that the DNC is going to go socialist and determine a winner without a vote of all the states. What does that say of them.
They’ve always been socialists.
What the Dam’s have done;or slowed to happen over the past few years is to allow themselves to be taken over by Socialest radicals which they have been in some way trying to do since 1848 when there revolution failed in Europe and Most came to America,or by ‘Political Corectness’ if that be tha case then “We have P.C.ed ourself into Clinical and Deadly STUPIDITY”
Senile sleepy Joe Biden was empty suit Obama’s clown for 8 years, comrade commissar Bernie Sanders is a lying communist, crooked Hillary Clinton is a lying security risk, and the rest of the Democraps are just as bad!
Republican President Donald Trump, 4 more years in 2020!
We Don’t need investigations into the handling of the response to COVID-9 Virus by POTUS and the Doctors and Medical Staff with him. This has become a “WAR Time” situation and requires all Americans, regardless of political party, to understand the severity of the situation as many of our citizens are infected and the death toll rises. Enough BS by some political leaders and media Journalist to try and score points or “Got Ya” commentary! When this pandemic is over, all of us Americans will remember whose to blame and register with our votes and monetary persuasion.
The CV won’t destroy JoJo – JoJo ha already done it.
There is NOT 1 DemonRat WORTH TheM NOMINATING LeT AlonE FIT AnD HONEST Enough TO be the President of the USA! People SaY VotE The TREASONOUS SOB’s OuT but their sceaming To STEAL the ELECTIONS with “mail in ballots” among Other Ideas their TRYING TO ComE With! ? The MAJORITY of AMERICAN CITIZENS WANT PRESIDENT TRUMP TO REMAIN IN OFFICE ! IF THE DEMONRATS CLAIM TO WIN WITH THEIR LOSER CANDIDATES IT WILL BE….WILL BE…. TIME FOR PATRIOTS TO STOP TALKING AND STOP TYPING AND GET BOOTS ON THE GROUND AND TAKE CARE OF THE TREASONOUS POS’s BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!! KEEP THE CANDIDATE THAT CARES AND WORKS FOR AMERICANS WELL BEING AND WAY OF LIFE….. PRESIDENT TRUMP! OUR ANCESTORS FOUGHT AND DIED FOR OUR COUNTRY AND IT LOOKING LIKE IT’S OUR GENERATIONS TURN!! THE DAYS ARE QUICKLY PASSING AND WE’VE BEEN AND ARE BEING INVADED!! PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN NOT DO IT ALONE!
Hope it ends Trump, con man in Chief!!
You are living in a dream world. The democrat has done nothing to help to stop this virus. As I see it the democrats Pelosi & Schumer are willing to risk your life, your job, your retirement savings for a radical, left-wing wish list that has nothing to do with this virus in the spending bill just passed
Biden doesn’t even know what office he’s running for
Virus’s do not like heat and the corona is no different. This will be over sooner than anyone thinks. The dems wont be able to milk this much longer. Unfortunately for Biden, his troubles are just getting started.