The Democratic National Committee is forging ahead with a virtual roll call to pick the party’s presidential nominee, even as a steady stream of congressional Democrats called for Joe Biden to exit the race.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Leah Daughtry, co-chairs of the committee, along with DNC staff, argued that the virtual roll call vote is necessary to prevent any potential Republican-backed legal challenges for ballot access in Ohio. Former White House counsel Dana Remus, who is advising the DNC on the issue, called the virtual roll call the “wisest, most prudent course,” otherwise it would “[leave] the door open to a potential legal challenge and that’s a risk.”
“How significant of a risk? Well, it’s hard to say,” Remus said. “People certainly disagree, and reasonably disagree — but it is a risk, and if we can avoid it, we should.”
“we’d rather definitely lose the election than maybe lose in court.”
I mean wtf happens if there are court cases? Do they just get to decide that there is no opponent to trump and he just wins by default?
Given this supreme court, probably
It’s not even about the presidential election. The Democratic candidate (whoever they are) will lose Ohio. But having a presidential candidate on the ballot is likely to motivate people to go vote, and there’s a very tight senate race going on there.