It looks like the Democratic establishment has managed to whip enough delegates in line to support Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid to be the party’s nominee.
As previously reported by The Dallas Express, Democratic officials and legacy media pundits were tripping over themselves to bolster Harris as the automatic successor to President Joe Biden, who called his re-election campaign quits on Sunday in a not-so-surprising announcement.
I wonder how the millions of Democratic Party primary voters who cast their ballots for Biden feel about the party apparatus and its media allies coronating the vice president. Does it bring back memories of 2016?
Here’s some of what the New York Post reported on Harris unofficially securing the minimum number of delegates to clinch her nomination:
Vice President Kamala Harris secured enough delegate support Monday to clinch the Democratic nomination for president – but a vote must still be held before she’s declared the party’s nominee, according to a survey.
A tally of Democratic delegates supporting the 59-year-old vice president, conducted by the Associated Press, found Harris was backed by at least 2,214 delegates.
Harris, who was endorsed by President Biden to headline the 2024 Democratic presidential ticket shortly after his shocking withdrawal announcement Sunday, needs the support of a minimum of 1,976 delegates to receive the nomination.
The former senator from California, however, is not yet the party’s presumptive nominee for president despite exceeding the crucial delegate threshold.
Democratic delegates are still free to vote for any candidate at next month’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago or on a virtual roll call that – until Biden’s announcement – was slated to take place by Aug. 7, ahead of the party gathering.