The Democratic National Committee’s decision to move forward with its plans to nominate President Joe Biden through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s August convention in Chicago is making some of the party’s own delegates uneasy.
Some delegates, such as David Seaton-Lorenz, a 19-year-old Democratic National Committee delegate from Massachusetts, are calling on the DNC to ditch the virtual nomination plan altogether ahead of the convention, as Democrats continue to discuss internally whether the president should seek a second term.
“I do not support the DNC’s plan — we should not be preventing the delegates from having their voices be heard,” Seaton-Lorenz said. “This process of even having this vote before the convention is preventing our concerns from being heard and silencing our voices.”
He added, “I find it offensive, as people who are just trying to have a conversation.”
Seaton-Lorenz is not alone; a handful of DNC delegates relayed similar concerns to the Washington Examiner, convinced Biden has already been too politically damaged to defeat former President Donald Trump in November.
“Look, I completely get Biden had a bad night during the debate, and I could personally look past it. However, the polling numbers are particularly alarming and tell a different story,” a DNC delegate said from Arizona, speaking on the condition of anonymity in an effort to reflect candidly on the situation. “Trump looks like he is going to smoke Biden in Arizona and I do worry that could have implications for others like [Democratic Senate candidate Ruben] Gallego.”
