The Democratic National Convention is set to follow up on plans for an early vote to nominate President Biden as its presidential candidate next month.
Members of the DNC Rules Committee voted Friday to hold a virtual roll call on Aug. 7 to certify Biden's victory, despite widespread unease over what many call visible mental decline.
The nearly 200 committee members will meet again on or before July 26 to formally adopt the virtual voting format. The vote itself is expected to serve as merely a stamp of approval for the Biden campaign.
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President Joe Biden addresses the AFL-CIO convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Biden is planning campaign events weeks in advance, preparing to hit the ground running after his current illness with a high-profile fundraiser.
The Biden-Harris ticket will hold a fundraiser on July 29 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, that will feature special guests: talk show legend David Letterman and Hawaii Governor Josh Green.
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will be in attendance.
Green, who has been governor of Hawaii since 2022, is a personal friend of the Bidens and one of the administration's closest political allies.
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Hawaii Gov. Josh Green speaks at the National Governors Association 2024 Summer Meeting in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Axios reported that Biden has begun laying out his travel plans as he recovers from COVID-19 at his Delaware beach house in Rehoboth. He has resisted calls from within his party for him to resign, and his communications team held a remote news conference Saturday to make the case for a second Biden term.
Calls for Biden to resign have sparked… More than 30 sitting Democratic congressmenSen. Sherrod Brown, a Democrat from Ohio, on Friday urged Biden to “end his campaign,” arguing that “our full attention must return to these important issues.”
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Talk show host David Letterman attends an event at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. (Andrew Toth/FilmMagic)
A senior Democratic official told Axios that the whole issue appears to be “stalled” at the moment, adding that “it doesn't mean it will stay stagnant.”
Senior officials are pressing Biden to make a final decision over the weekend and have continued to discuss with Biden advisers why withdrawing would be in the party's best interest.
“It's a pretty universal feeling internally that we've reached the end of the road,” one Biden aide admitted, noting that some key holdouts will continue to fight to keep Biden in the race.
