AUSTIN - Democrats will try their first large-scale virtual convention starting Monday in Texas as plans for a traditional national convention this summer remain unsettled because of the coronavirus.
Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are among the scheduled speakers in Texas. Democrats in Minnesota had also planned on holding their state convention online this weekend but postponed amid unrest over the death of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer used his knee to pin Floyd's neck down for several minutes as Floyd pleaded for air and eventually stopped moving.
The Democratic National Convention has delayed their convention from July until August but are open to the idea of it unfolding
virtually.
Meanwhile, Texas Republicans are still planning to hold their state convention in-person in July.