From NBC:
“DNC votes to restore New
Hampshire’s delegates for this summer’s convention”
The Democratic National Committee
voted Tuesday to reinstate New Hampshire’s delegates ahead of this summer’s
convention in Chicago, ending months of fighting over the state’s 2024
presidential primary.
New Hampshire, which has a state
law on the books requiring it to hold the first presidential primary, had
refused to comply with a new Democratic calendar that moved South Carolina to
the front of the line. As a result, President Joe Biden did not file to appear
on the ballot for New Hampshire’s unsanctioned Jan. 23 primary, which took
place more than a week before South Carolina’s contest. Biden still won New
Hampshire with approximately 64% of the vote through a write-in campaign.
When Biden visited New Hampshire
in March to open his first coordinated campaign office in the state, he told
supporters that, without getting ahead of the DNC’s process, he expected New
Hampshire’s delegates to count, according to two people in the room. Before the New Hampshire Democratic Party held
a delegate selection meeting on Saturday, they invited members to participate
in a party-run primary where Biden was the only candidate on the ballot. Two
dozen people participated in this vote, which the DNC viewed as a sanctioned
primary affirming New Hampshire’s right to their delegates in this summer’s
convention, according to a source familiar with the process. “New Hampshire is delighted to express our
support for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in Chicago,” New Hampshire Democratic
Chairman Ray Buckley told NBC News. “We are extraordinarily proud of the
diverse and perhaps history making delegates that have been selected to
represent us.” Buckley said many of the
delegates being sent to Chicago from New Hampshire are under the age of 36 and
that some identify as LGBTQ.
When asked about the chaos
surrounding the order of the Democratic primaries this cycle, Buckley said the
party was ready to move on. “We prefer
looking forward to the general election where we’re going to reelect Joe Biden,
Kamala Harris, a Democratic governor [in New Hampshire], both congressional
seats and majorities in the statehouse,” Buckley said. “We are so over this.” Buckley added that New Hampshire retaining its
first-in-the nation primary status in 2028 will “be a worry after the
election.” “We have got to save
democracy first,” he said.
^ I called it!
I knew the Democratic National
Committee would back down after they threatened New Hampshire with Sanctions
when the DNC tried to end their 100+ First-In-The-Nation Primary (the RNC
didn't want to change it.)
New Hampshire (both Republicans
and Democrats) fought the DNC and kept their 100+ Tradition alive.
The DNC threatened Sanctions
because Biden didn't want NH (he refused to register to be on our Democratic
Primary Ballot (unfortunately people wrote him in and he won.)
I think Biden didn't want NH and NH
shouldn't want him.
It's good to see the DNC's
failure and their scrambling to fix it.
Note: I would feel the exact same
way if the Republicans tried something so stupid as the Democrats did. ^
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