Senior House Democrats tell Jeffries they're privately calling for Biden to step aside: Sources(abcnews.go.com)

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12 days ago

That’s how it always works. Those delegates were chosen by the campaign that won the right to name them in the Primary, so over 99% of them were chosen by the Biden campaign, and are pledged to vote for him on the first ballot if he is still in the race by the time the roll call vote happens (which will take place before the actual convention this year.)

If he backs out, they are free from their pledge. But who thinks that a bunch of hand-picked Biden delegates will vote for anyone other than who he endorses? And who thinks he will endorse anyone other than his own hand-picked understudy?

They are floating this “blitz primary” idea simply as away to make the process sound more democratic than it really is. It’s not really a “primary” at all. The only voters needing to be “influenced” are the delegates. And in the unlikely event the delegates don’t fall in line on the first vote, DNC Superdelegates can vote starting with the second vote and make sure the proper candidate wins.

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