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Biden transition gets govt OK after Trump out of options
The Associated Press ^ | November 24, 2020 | By ZEKE MILLER, DAVID EGGERT and COLLEEN LONG

Posted on 11/24/2020 4:32:55 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON - The federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” of the Nov. 3 election, formally starting the transition of power after President Donald Trump spent weeks testing the boundaries of American democracy. Trump relented after suffering yet more legal and procedural defeats in his seemingly futile effort to overturn the election with baseless claims of fraud.

Trump still refused to concede and vowed to continue to fight in court after General Services Administrator Emily Murphy gave the green light Monday for Biden to coordinate with federal agencies ahead of his Jan. 20 inauguration. But Trump did tweet that he was directing his team to cooperate on the transition.

The fast-moving series of events seemed to let much of the air out of Trump’s frantic efforts to undermine the will of the people in what has amounted to a weekslong stress test for the nation’s confidence in the political system and the fairness of U.S. elections. Those efforts haven’t ended and are likely to persist well beyond his lame-duck presidency.

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said the GSA action “is probably the closest thing to a concession that President Trump could issue.″ Noting that the nation “faces multiple crises that demand an orderly transition,″ Schumer urged Democrats and Republicans to “unite together for a smooth and peaceful transition that will benefit America.″

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; election2020; journalism; media
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To: soozla

That seems like an excellent letter. She really makes it clear — repeatedly — that she is in no position to validate Biden as president. She just makes resources available to people. Of course, the Democrats try to trumpet this as: “GSA says Biden is President!!”


21 posted on 11/24/2020 5:23:17 AM PST by ClearCase_guy (If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
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To: 9422WMR
So they steal an election and we are supposed to just give up?

If a thief robs a bank and gets away, do we simply acknowledge that he did a great job of robbery and let him keep the stuff? It's a done deal. He's got the loot. Stand down.

22 posted on 11/24/2020 5:30:27 AM PST by Blennos ( )
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To: shield

Affirmative! Murphy’s life was threatened!
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1363765/US-election-news-Emily-murphy-GSA-letter-joe-biden-Donald-trump-transition-latest-ont


23 posted on 11/24/2020 5:50:36 AM PST by radialenginefan
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To: JohnBrowdie

GWB V GORE TOOK 36 DAYS + SCOTUS.


24 posted on 11/24/2020 5:55:53 AM PST by GailA (TRUMP IS A GUTSY PRESIDENT)
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To: dp0622
Weekly Trump rallies until the 2024 elections

The time for rallies is/was now. Rush Limbaugh, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones, just to name a few, have repeatedly asked the President to do DAILY rallies, like was done for Corona, to get his talking points through the media blockade, and keep the pressure up on these state while they were contemplating certification. So the strategy has been to keep him under wraps, for some reason, but hopefully will change soon.

25 posted on 11/24/2020 6:15:15 AM PST by Golden Eagle (List of Cable News Alternatives ----> http://freerepublic.com/~goldeneagle/ <---)
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To: Golden Eagle

Representatives of all the major media outlets were at Trump rallies. They watched the big screen showing of so much news that they simply never reported on. Their ability to completely omit/hide important information, such as what was revealed on Hunter Biden‘s laptop and Bobulinski‘s information relating to it, is almost complete with people who do not seek out any other outlets besides MSM. MSM also denigrates all other media outlets to the point that their audiences would not even consider checking them out.


26 posted on 11/24/2020 6:25:36 AM PST by Freee-dame
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ass Press is lying again and again and again etc.


27 posted on 11/24/2020 6:28:40 AM PST by dforest (RATS are criminals and frauds. Hide anything that belongs to you. They will steal it.)
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To: Freee-dame

Do a task force briefing then. Alex Jones implored some fireside chats yesterday. The self imposed blackout of the previously outgoing President is completely out of character. Few explanations have been ventured.


28 posted on 11/24/2020 6:33:06 AM PST by Golden Eagle (List of Cable News Alternatives ----> http://freerepublic.com/~goldeneagle/ <---)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Who the hell said trump was out of options????


29 posted on 11/24/2020 7:21:48 AM PST by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself)
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