Dem delegates asking DNC to allow them to abandon Biden and vote their conscience: report

Democrat delegates slated to vote for Joe Biden have reportedly been working on a letter to the DNC, headed by Jamie Harrison, to urge the body to release them from their loyalty to Joe Biden. Politico has learned that there's a delegate group chat where "a few dozen delegates" have begun "organizing a letter urging the DNC to change the rules to make the nomination vote a secret ballot and free delegates to vote their conscience."

This comes at a crucial time for the campaign, which has been struggling since Biden's epic debate failure against Donald Trump on June 27. After that terrifying effort, many high-profile Democrats have been urging the president to step aside and allow someone else to run in his place. Biden has stalwartly refused and those close to him, namely his staff, his wife, and his vice president, have all shushed the idea that Biden would either drop out of the race or be unable to lead the nation for the next four years, into his 85th year.

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