Posted on 11/08/2020 7:38:18 PM PST by 11th_VA
A Trump administration appointee is refusing to sign a letter allowing President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team to formally begin its work this week, in another sign the incumbent president has not acknowledged Biden’s victory and could disrupt the transfer of power.
The administrator of the General Services Administration, the low-profile agency in charge of federal buildings, has a little-known role when a new president is elected: to sign paperwork officially turning over millions of dollars, as well as giving access to government officials, office space and equipment authorized for the taxpayer-funded transition teams of the winner.
It amounts to a formal declaration by the federal government, outside of the media, of the winner of the presidential race.
But by Sunday evening, almost 36 hours after media outlets projected Biden as the winner, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy had written no such letter. And the Trump administration, in keeping with the president’s failure to concede the election, has no immediate plans to sign one. This could lead to the first transition delay in modern history, except in 2000, when the Supreme Court decided a recount dispute between Al Gore and George W. Bush in December.
“An ascertainment has not yet been made,” Pamela Pennington, a spokeswoman for GSA, said in an email, “and its Administrator will continue to abide by, and fulfill, all requirements under the law.”
The GSA statement left experts on federal transitions to wonder when the White House expects the handoff from one administration to the next to begin — when the president has exhausted his legal avenues to fight the results, or the formal vote of the electoral college on Dec. 14? There are 74 days, as of Sunday, until the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20...
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This but one spittle in a coming tsunami of psychout demands that Trump be gone, he isonstructing JUSTICE declared by the media / enemy of what is right and good. The media are evil little pissants in need of drowning.
Biden hasn’t been elected yet and he won’t be until the electoral college meets in December and hopefully not then either.
#4. The Wash. Post and the Democrats don’t care about legal, appropriate procedures in a change of authority.
Notice how this article smears the President just because he is following “precedent”, that almighty god of the Left when it serves their causes. Otherwise, “god” is nowhere to be found in their writings other than the Leftist version known as “power”.
With 50 years of experince I am sure he can get up to speed very quickly. He’s the smartest man in the room.
So, what date was that for the Clinton Admin doing this for the Bush Admin?
As I recall, it was so late that the Bush Admin had leased its own facilities...and when they eventually moved into the White House, they found millions of dollars in permanently disabled devices and facilities.
You almost have it correct. It is not State Legislatures which vote for the President, it is the House of Represenatives voting by State delegation of which the Republicans control at least 26 in the new Congress.
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My error. I mistakenly used ‘legislature’ in place if ‘delegation.’ Yes, the house state delegation gets 1 vote. And republicans control 29.
F them, giving them this is agreeing with thier stealing the election
Joe bidet, funny! it will stick
“The time has come to stop them. It’s been going on forever, and cost Nixon in 1960 etc.”
I remember that night — when JFK “won”. My mom cried like a baby.
Found this from 2016:
“The effects of Russia’s hacking of Democratic emails before the U.S. presidential election didn’t end on Nov. 8. In the weeks since, the fallout on American democracy has continued, revealing splits in Congress and tainting Donald Trump’s transition effort.
President Barack Obama has ordered the intelligence community to produce a full review of Russia’s malicious cyberactivity for declassification and publication before Inauguration Day. The point, says one source familiar with the review, is not just to lay out what happened but to establish a record before Trump takes over command of the national-security agencies. Trump has so far refused to accept evidence that Russia was behind the attacks, and has suggested the U.S. intelligence community’s conclusions are politically motivated.”
The democrats lie about everything. Why would it surprise anyone that they also would lie about an election?
“Article 666”
I believe you’re on to something.
I’m having faith that this will work out. 1 John 4:4 - “Ye are of God, little children, and HAVE OVERCOME THEM: because GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN YOU, THAN HE THAT IS IN THE WORLD.”
“I hope Biden isn’t receiving any intelligence briefings.”
Joe: “Hi Honey, I’m home!”
Jill: “How was your day?”
Joe: “Okay - I got an intelligence briefing.”
Jill: “How did that go?”
Joe: “I don’t think it worked, I don’t feel any smarter.
Maybe if I took a nap. And some jello.”
And now that they’ve put her name out there I’m sure she’ll be harassed by the media etc to comply with their wishes..
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Then it would be the SECOND transition delay in modern history. And there is nothing "low profile" about GSA... It's the same outfit you tried to use to take down Secretary Carson.
The Washington Post is essentially doxxing this woman so that the general public can start harassing and pressuring her to sign that letter. I’m surprised they didn’t print her office number and email too.
The most bizarre “transition delay” was after the election of 1876.
The President was not determined by Congress until the day before the inauguration.
I kid you not.
There was _no_ time for a transition!
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