“It is “unlawful” for Democrats to “simply just switch out a candidate who has been chosen through the … democratic process.”
What FactCheck.org found
President Joe Biden has not been formally nominated. And since he has voluntarily dropped out of the race, delegates pledged to him are no longer obligated to vote for him and can vote for someone else, experts told us.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Johnson (House Speaker) made this claim around 21 July 2024. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 July 2024, 1 day later. Its rating was “Experts Say That's Wrong”.
Mike Johnson has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- abcnews.go.comhttps://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-7-21-24-house-speaker-mike/story?id=11212…
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This check was done by FactCheck.org, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.