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Coons: GOP colleagues privately asking me to congratulate Biden
The Hill ^ | 11/10/20 11:55 AM EST | BY JUSTINE COLEMAN

Posted on 11/10/2020 10:01:18 AM PST by RandFan

Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) said Tuesday that his Republican colleagues have privately asked him to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden on his election win because they can’t do so publicly as President Trump contests the results.

Coons said on CNN’s “New Day” that it’s "past time for Republican leaders to stand up and say, 'We should accept the results of this election.’ ”

A limited number of Republicans, including Sens. Mitt Romney (Utah) and Susan Collins (Maine), have acknowledged Biden as the winner of the 2020 election.

"They call me to say, you know, 'Congratulations, please convey my well wishes to the President-elect, but I can't say that publicly yet,' " Coons told the network, not naming any specific senators.

"My job here, I think, is to continue to urge them privately to do the right thing,” he added. “And to help the president accept reality and to help their caucus stand up publicly because frankly the transition is going to be chaotic at best if it doesn't get moving very soon. It should be underway already."

The lack of acknowledgement of Biden’s win is far reaching within the Trump administration.

General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, who was appointed by Trump, is waiting to see that “a winner is clear” before recognizing Biden as the president-elect, a move that delays the transition of power.

Murphy’s signature would allow Biden’s team to access millions of federal dollars for salaries, consultants and travel, to meet with government officials and to get briefed on intelligence. Biden’s team indicated they are considering legal action in a phone call with reporters on Monday to kick-start the transition.

When asked if the Biden transition team should take legal action, the Delaware senator told CNN he “can’t speak for” the team.

"That is obviously the right thing, both for the GSA administrator to do and I think the right next step for the Biden transition team,” he said.

"There is a lot of important, difficult and urgent work to be done on the transition," he said. "There is a robust and large transition team busy with policy plans, with interviewing potential nominees or candidates for positions. ... They do need access to the vital federal resources that make it easier for them to do their work."

So far, Romney, Collins and Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) have congratulated Biden on his victory.

But other GOP senators have been hesitant to publicly accept Biden as the winner, as Trump has cast doubt on the election results, claiming without evidence that there has been widespread voter fraud. He has refused to concede.

Trump’s campaign has filed several lawsuits in different battleground states challenging the ballot count. Some of those cases have already been tossed by state judges.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Delaware
KEYWORDS: biden; coons; gop
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To: RandFan

Name them Coons— and then name what Joe Biden did to your daughter live on videotape with you standing right there. You lying whitebread moron for MBNA. Coons is a great name for your mentality. Roll over and accept the sodomy.


21 posted on 11/10/2020 10:19:19 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: joshua c
My thoughts as well. 😂😂😂😂
22 posted on 11/10/2020 10:19:23 AM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: RandFan

Has a U.S. President ever formed or declared a new Party , while in office ?


23 posted on 11/10/2020 10:20:51 AM PST by LeoWindhorse
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To: RandFan

How’s your daughter, Coons?


24 posted on 11/10/2020 10:21:43 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: falcon99

Yes, the same Coons who faded into his office claiming the voter FRAUD developing exposure was .... “ A Russian disinformation campaign”........... A true ventriloquists dummy for whomever tells him to say things, a human cipher.


25 posted on 11/10/2020 10:22:35 AM PST by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: RandFan

Yah,Mittens...and maybe Collins.So that means that Plugs is getting “bipartisan” support.


26 posted on 11/10/2020 10:29:37 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: FLNittany
Bad,touch...bad touch! What does a young girl do when she's molested by the Vice President of the United States????
27 posted on 11/10/2020 10:31:19 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (BLM Stands For "Bidens Loot Millions"!)
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To: Hotspur

WTF is wrong with ALL of these states. It really is like they are in synchronicity and colluding.


28 posted on 11/10/2020 10:32:23 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: EnquiringMind

Name 10 Republican Senators who you think would NOT be doing this. I run out after about six...

They’re cowards.


29 posted on 11/10/2020 10:37:32 AM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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To: RandFan

BE AFRAID. BE VERY AFRAID!
Know what scares me more than the Democrat’s effort to steal ANOTHER in a long string of elections?
That around 40%+ of those we encounter each day are NOT OFFENDED AND ANGRY ABOUT IT and MOST ACTUALLY APPLAUD THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR!
The soul of a nation lies in the hearts of the citizens.
Even if this CRIME is resolved in Trump’s favor (and it WILL BE!), FOLKS, WE’RE STILL IN BIG TROUBLE (AS IN “CIVIL WAR” INITIATED BY THE SAME ANTIFA/BLM MORONS WHO BURN, BEAT & KILL)!
HITLER’S BROWN SHIRTS COME TO MIND and I wonder if concern for their PERSONAL SAFETY is what’s keeping some folks from PUBLICLY resisting the IN-YOUR-FACE CRIMINALITY OF THE LEFT?


30 posted on 11/10/2020 10:40:12 AM PST by Dick Bachert
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To: RandFan

Well, young Chrissy Coons.... I listened to you during shampeachment and after that exhibition of crap, what makes you think that there is anything you say that one can believe?


31 posted on 11/10/2020 10:41:33 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: RandFan

Coming from a guy who watched his daughter get molested by Biden.


32 posted on 11/10/2020 10:43:26 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: RandFan

For some reason to mind comes brown nosing, a characteristic of many politicians.


33 posted on 11/10/2020 10:46:49 AM PST by saintgermaine (THE TIME TRAVELLER)
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To: RandFan

Fake and Gay BS, he’s a liar


34 posted on 11/10/2020 10:47:32 AM PST by stockpirate (Hunter Biden didn't commit suicide)
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To: RandFan

the bs that flows out of their mouths is incredible-``````````````````


35 posted on 11/10/2020 10:49:17 AM PST by Bob434
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To: RandFan

By Republican colleagues, Coons is referring to Willard Romney, Pierre Delecto, Little Marco, Collins and... well, that’s probably it.


36 posted on 11/10/2020 11:03:10 AM PST by Rudy_Johnny
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To: Bob434

Each time I see Coons, I see a bag of crap with a large hole in it.


37 posted on 11/10/2020 11:03:35 AM PST by CMailBag
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To: RandFan
Do you actually believe Coons?
He is by far the biggest liar in the US Senate
Don't allow yourself to be played my FRiend. This is pure psyops to get Trump to co concede. Don't fall for it.
38 posted on 11/10/2020 11:12:49 AM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: RandFan

Coons is a notorious liar!!!


39 posted on 11/10/2020 11:42:34 AM PST by ontap
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To: RandFan

Coons is a POS who let Joek and Humper molest his daughter...


40 posted on 11/10/2020 11:45:00 AM PST by kiryandil (Chris Wallace: Because someone has to drive the Clown Car)
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