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Joe Biden Ignores Trump Obstruction to Press Ahead With Cabinet Selection
Homeland Security experts find no fraud as Trump digs in. - Election ‘most secure in American history'
The president-elect is likely to value Washington experience but must balance the wings of his party and a possibly hostile Senate
The Guardian UK, 13 NOV 2020.
A coalition of federal and state officials have said they have not seen any evidence of voter fraud in the presidential election. A statement issued from cybersecurity experts said the election was in fact the “most secure in American history”, because of the reviewing and double-checking processes currently taking place across the US.
“While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too,” the statement said.
But with just six in 10 Republicans believing that Biden won the election, Trump’s claims appear to be cutting through to voters, and experts warn that his continuing allegations threaten to undermine Americans’ trust in voting and pose a national security threat.
Despite this, Biden has continued to press ahead with preparations for his presidency, including selecting his cabinet. Here, the president-elect has the opportunity to set the political direction for his administration – and to send a clear message to Trump that he will be moving to the White House in January.
President-elect Joe Biden’s team is pressing forward with preparations to take over the federal government when his term starts despite virtually no help from Donald Trump’s outgoing administration.
Biden faces choices that will either please or anger the bickering wings of his party as leftists and centrists vie to set the direction of the incoming Democratic administration. The process also sends a clear message to the Republican party and Trump: Biden won and will be sitting in the White House come January.
“The truth is the Trump administration can file whatever it wants to the federal register, can do whatever executive orders it wants until noon on January 20th, and at that moment they can no longer do it and the Biden people get to stop whatever they had in the pipeline and put whatever they want in their own pipeline,” said Tevi Troy, who helped run the transition to the second Bush-Cheney term in 2004. Troy also authored Fight House: Rivalries in the White House from Truman to Trump.
The Biden team, Troy added, “know the things they want to stop from happening and they’re just going to go do it”.
Senior Republicans are Starting to Defy Trump
The longest-serving Republican in the Senate, Iowa’s Chuck Grassley, has joined calls for Biden to receive the daily intelligence briefings that would normally be given to presidents-elect. So far, Trump has denied Biden access to the briefings because he does not acknowledge his victory.
His comments came after the Republican governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, said that Biden’s victory should be accepted. Even staunch Trump ally, senator Lindsey Graham, who has publicly stated that the president should not concede the election, said Biden should be invited to the briefings. This marks a significant blow to Trump
The Trump-Fox News love affair is over
Trump launched a Twitter tirade against Fox News on Thursday, accusing them of forgetting “what made them successful”. Fox, which has long been supportive of Trump, was one of the first to call the election for Biden and has since told its viewers that Trump’s claims about the election are unsubstantiated.
China Congratulates Joe Biden on Election Victory
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