This was always the plan. They will contest any replacement and then only Trump will be on the ballot. AOC tried to warn you fucking people. This is why Biden needed to go over a year ago and the PARTY said “fuck you guys” until it was too hard to fucking ignore.
Both states’ Democratic parties held a primary,.with every relevant race other than president on the ballot. The original claim was that the “Democratic Party didn’t participate in the primary election.” Which is not accurate as every state’s Democratic party did hold a primary election. It wasn’t qualified to the presidential race, and even if it was a blanket statement would still be incorrect given that there were states who did have a choice for presidential nominee on their primary ballot.