There had been a brief hiatus in the growing calls by House Democrats for a new nominee after Saturday's attempt on Donald Trump's life, but that seems to have ended.
Some congressional Democrats have begun circulating a letter to Democratic National Committee members urging them to cancel plans to formalize President Biden's nomination in an early virtual roll call vote before the Democratic National Convention in August. That vote is expected to be held as soon as July 21.
Huffman and other members are very concerned with this extraordinary attempt to speed up the nomination and do not think brute force is the way to achieve unity and enthusiasm.'The letter was first reported by the New York Times. Another Democrat, New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim, has not said whether he signed the letter but expressed concern about the virtual roll call.
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