Activists led by the group Climate Defiance plan to protest outside of the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters in Washington on Friday following reports that the party could rush to cement President Joe Biden’s presidential nomination.
The group, which regularly confronts government officials and CEOs with demands for more climate action, announced plans for a “protest and blockade” of the DNC on Friday morning as reports emerged that Democrats plan to conduct a “virtual roll call” to finalize Biden’s nomination ahead of the party’s convention that kicks off on Aug. 19.
Climate Defiance — which has joined the camp on the left that’s calling for Biden to drop out of the presidential race — wants to shut that effort down.
“At this Friday’s meeting, members of the DNC Convention Rules Panel will decide when to hold the official roll call — in other words, when to select the Democratic nominee,” Climate Defiance founder Michael Greenberg told supporters Tuesday in an email.
