Democrats postpone official nomination of US presidential candidate, NYT
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The US Democratic Party has postponed the vote in which it is supposed to officially nominate President Joe Biden as its candidate for the upcoming elections, reports The New York Times.
According to the media sources, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged party leaders to "delay the start" of the nomination vote, which was scheduled to take place next week.
In particular, as reported by the NYT, Schumer agreed with House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to press the party to delay the official nomination.
Journalists' interlocutors discovered that Tim Walz, co-chairman of the party's rules committee, which determines when and how candidates will be nominated, informed Biden's campaign manager Jen O'Malley Dillon that the vote needed to be postponed.
Under such pressure, the Democratic National Committee decided to move the vote to the first week of August.
What preceded
The chances of US President Joe Biden winning the presidential elections, which will be held in November, decreased after his loss in the debates with his main competitor, Donald Trump.
Since then, Western media have repeatedly written that panic began in the Democratic Party due to Biden's failure. Journalists have also written about the possible replacement of Biden with another candidate.
According to Axios, Biden may announce his withdrawal from the presidential race as early as this weekend.
