Despite the fact that Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries bullied the DNC into a temporary delay in holding a so-called "virtual roll call" to nominate President Joe Biden weeks before the Democrat National Convention, the DNC decided today to stick to their plans to nominate Biden early and lock him in as the candidate in early August. 

Chaos reigns still in the Democrat Party, as does the civil war that threatens to demolish the party even before they likely lose spectacularly this November. 

Hello, here is a complete read-out of the donor call today with Kamala Harris.

It includes:

— A group formally apologizing for recommending its donors call into it

— A person on a hot mic calling it "ludicrous"

— And many other delicious ancedoteshttps://t.co/GCpsetnYYE

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 19, 2024

By now the vast majority of Democrats--if you believe the polling--want Biden to bow out of the race, and momentum has built in the Congress to oust him. 

But the DNC is Biden's tool, and Biden apparently wants to stay in the race. 

Democrats are in an unprecedented crisis over who should be their presidential candidate.

But the party committee that governs the nominating process met Friday and proceeded as if everything was normal and its entire plan was not at risk of being upended at any minute.

As calls mount for President Joe Biden to step aside and let another Democrat lead the party into the November election against former President Donald Trump, the Democratic National Convention’s Rules Committee held a virtual meeting where the message to delegates was, essentially: Everything is proceeding as planned.

The meeting was convened to discuss plans for a virtual roll call vote to formally nominate Biden weeks before the convention, but no votes were taken or decisions made. Instead, party leaders used the meeting to inform the nearly 200 members of the committee about the process that is currently planned, which they had already laid out in a letter earlier this week.

The committee will meet again no later than Friday, July 26, to consider adopting the virtual roll call process, which would not be held until the first week of August.

The virtual roll call idea has plenty of detractors inside the party, but the only hint of dissent in the meeting came in questions about whether other candidates could be nominated for the virtual roll call (answer: technically yes, but actually, probably not). Otherwise, the virtual meeting was uneventful — despite starting moments after four more Democratic members of Congress called on Biden to step aside.

Tens of Democrats in Congress have called for Biden to leave the race--I name no number because it seems to be changing by the hour--but the Democrat National Committee controls the actual process, not elected officials or donors. Going against the wishes of the Establishment may have devastating consequences for the party--donors are already on strike--but the DNC has the power to ignore them. 

Biden is in Rehoboth, sick with Covid and increasingly angry at the outside pressure campaign — irritated with Obama specifically. No real change today on where he is. ⁦w ⁦@peterbakernyt⁩ & ⁦@shearm⁩ https://t.co/mVrmDzne0X

— Katie Rogers (@katierogers) July 19, 2024

It does so at its peril, but Biden doesn't seem to care. This is a game of chicken, and Biden doesn't look likely to swerve. That's not to say he couldn't, but there is no indication that he wouldn't keep moving straight at his detractors in his Corvette. He appears to have nothing to lose, and nobody has yet offered him anything worth more to him than remaining in the Oval Office. 

Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren says it's "telling" that members of Crazy Nancy's fake J6 Committee — such as certifiably insane lunatics Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin — have all "suggested" that Biden "step aside."

DROWN OUT THE HATERS, CROOKED JOE! pic.twitter.com/MT0nlDiTqx

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) July 20, 2024

Some Democrats have worried that the virtual roll call is an attempt to shut down the debate over whether Biden should remain on the ticket and essentially lock in his nomination. But Biden is already in firm control of the process.

Remus is now acting as legal counsel to the Democratic National Committee. And that role, and her presence on the virtual Rules Committee meeting, underscored how much power his allies have over the party.

As is typical for the party that controls the White House, the Democratic National Committee is stacked with handpicked Biden allies, chosen for loyalty as much as anything else.

And during the primaries, in which Biden ran essentially unopposed, he won 99% of the nearly 4,000 pledged delegates to the national convention.

Biden could still step aside and be replaced after being formally nominated in the virtual roll call, experts say.

Sure, they COULD replace Biden after he is officially nominated, but how likely is that really? It certainly would lock in Kamala Harris as the nominee, as she is already on the ballot. But is that what the Establishment wants? They seem very divided. 

NEWS: Michael Moritz, the Silicon Valley investor and Dem megadonor, becomes among the largest to say it's over.

Biden must choose "vanity or virtue," Moritz tells NYT.

"The clock has run out.”

Moritz has given $7.8 million to pro-Biden/anti-Trump PACs.https://t.co/rRByNHoX4w

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 19, 2024

To call what the Democrats are experiencing "disarray" is putting it mildly. It's more accurate to call it a civil war within the party. It's Biden vs. everything else. 

And this is the man who routinely threatens MAGA with nuclear bombs and F-16s. He doesn't seem to be the most persuadable guy in the world, and even before his dementia, he was supremely bullheaded. 

Keep on popping the popcorn. It will be quite the disaster movie to watch. 

🔥🚨BREAKING Minority Leader of the U.S House of Representatives Hakeem Jeffries appearing to be annoyed with having to defend Joe Biden’s campaign once again reassured Democrat voters that Joe Biden is their candidate.

Rep. Jeffries:” I’ve said repeatedly, is our nominee. He… pic.twitter.com/dSCBDL8HeL

— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) July 19, 2024