This was never about the money.
This IS Donald Trump and his admin acknowledging that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have won the 2020 Election….
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First on CNN: GSA tells Biden that transition can formally begin – @KristenhCNN reporting
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GSA Chief Finally Informs Biden She Will Green Light Formal Transition Process talkingpointsmemo.com/news/gsa-admin…
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An official said Administrator Emily Murphy made the determination after Trump efforts to subvert the vote failed across battleground states, most recently in Michigan, which certified Biden’s victory Monday.
“Please know that I came to my decision independently, based on the law and available facts. I was never directly or indirectly pressured by any Executive Branch official—including those who work at the White House or GSA—with regard to the substance or timing of my decision,” Murphy wrote in a letter to Biden.
Trump tweeted shortly after her letter was made public: “Our case STRONGLY continues, we will keep up the good… fight, and I believe we will prevail! Nevertheless, in the best interest of our Country, I am recommending that Emily and her team do what needs to be done with regard to initial protocols….
AP News…
Update….
President Trump’s government on Monday authorized President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to begin a formal transition process after Michigan certified Mr. Biden as its winner, a strong sign that the president’s last-ditch bid to overturn the results of the election was coming to an end.
Mr. Trump did not concede, and vowed to persist with efforts to change the vote, which have so far proved fruitless. But the president said on Twitter on Monday night that he accepted the decision by Emily W. Murphy, the administrator of the General Services Administration, to allow a transition to proceed.
In his tweet, Mr. Trump said that he had told his officials to begin “initial protocols” involving the handoff to Mr. Biden “in the best interest of our country,” though his announcement followed weeks of trying to subvert a free and fair election with false claims of fraud.
Ms. Murphy’s designation of Mr. Biden as the apparent victor provides the incoming administration with federal funds and resources and clears the way for the president-elect’s advisers to coordinate with Trump administration officials.
The decision from Ms. Murphy came after several additional senior Republican lawmakers, as well as leading figures from business and world affairs, denounced the delay in allowing the peaceful transfer of power to begin, a holdup that Mr. Biden and his top aides said was threatening national security and the ability of the incoming administration to effectively plan for combating the coronavirus pandemic….
image…Anna Moneymaker for The New York Times
In the end?
Democracy IS BIGGER than a NYC Real Estate salesman pretending to be an American President ….
All the media ‘hair on fire’ stuff can calm the hell down?
Technically, he wasn’t pretending to be President.
If anything he has been pretending to be a real estate tycoon for decades. He has basically been a celebrity reality figure since the late ’80s.
A bad one at that🙃
Seriously?
Why do people think the GOPer’s are gonna still kiss this guy ass after Jan 20th?
I just can’t see it….
Amy Walter
GOP Sens/Reps were allowed to stay silent on the GSA thanks to the local GOP officials (GA Sec/State, Maricopa Cty Board Chair etc.) & the fed/state judges who provided the necessary legal guardrails to prevent things from getting to a constitutional crisis level.
‘And the wall’s came crumbling down’
Kaitlan Collins
The White House has given formal approval for President-Elect Biden to receive the President’s Daily Brief, according to a White House official. Coordination on when he’ll receive his first one is currently underway.
Maybe (after all the work and stress that has gone into creating PDB’s for the last four years) at least one person will actually read it (hint: not current POTUS).
Harris sits on the Senate Intel committee i believe ….
Yea i heard Trump gets an short brief once or twice a week…. Not everyday like Biden got and is about to get along with Harris…