Walz defends ‘virtual roll call’ for Biden ahead of convention

WASHINGTON — Gov. Tim Walz is at the center of a maelstrom of discontent among Democrats who want to derail plans for a proposed virtual roll call that would make President Joe Biden the official nominee of his party weeks before the Democratic National Convention. The Democratic National Committee proposed the idea of a virtual roll call in May. That’s when the party determined that making Biden the official presidential candidate at its national convention, scheduled to start Aug. 19 in Chicago, would be too late to meet Ohio’s Aug....