Posted on 11/23/2020 6:07:31 PM PST by Kaslin
While vowing to continue election legal challenges, President Donald Trump has directed his administration to start the official transition process for former Vice President Joe Biden.
...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, and have told my team to do the same. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 23, 2020
On Monday afternoon, U.S. General Services Administrator Emily Murphy wrote a letter to Biden announcing she would make transition resources available to his team.
"As the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration, I have the ability under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, to make certain post-election resources and services available to assist in the event of a presidential transition...I take this role seriously and, because of recent developments involving legal challenges and certifications of election results, am transmitting this letter today to make those resources and services available to you," she wrote to Biden.
"As you know, the GSA Administrator does not pick or certify the winner of a presidential election. Instead, the GSA Administrator's role under the Act is extremely narrow: to make resources and services available in connection with a presidential transition," she continued. "The actual winner of the presidential election will be determined by the electoral process detailed in the Constitution."
More than $7 million in GSA funds will now be available to the Biden team.
According to Murphy, her decision to delay resources to the Biden team until legal challenges over the election became more clear was met with threats and intimidation.
"I have dedicated much of my adult life to public service, and I have always strived to do what is right. 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 of GSA -- with regard to the substance or timing of my decision. To be clear, I did not receive any direction to delay my determination," Murphy continued. "I did, however, receive threats online, by phone, and by mail directed at my safety, my family, my staff, and even my pets in an effort to coerce me into making this determination prematurely. Even in the face of thousands of threats, I always remained committed to upholding the law."
Rerun.
Threw in the towel...
Let’s start a poll, how many times will this be posted?
Trump’s pledge that he will continue to fight is a crock. He’s thrown in the towel. Expect moving vans to show up momentarily at the White House to start moving them out.
Typical dictator.
He gave it his all. He gave up everything for We the people. However, He was on an island by himself. His own party stabbed him in the back.
And Revenge will be a dish served cold on those Mofos.
AGREE!
TWEET: Donald J. Trump
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I want to thank Emily Murphy at GSA for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our Country. She has been harassed, threatened, and abused – and I do not want to see this happen to her, her family, or employees of GSA.
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, and have told my team to do the same.
Nah. She was receiving threats so Trump said she could go ahead and authorize office space for Joe. Nice thugocracy we have trying to steal this election; this is the first time I’ve heard of a GSA threatened into authorizing transition. Biden’s signature move - it’s what he learned in the (Ukrainian) hood.
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the bitter enders at FR are furious at trump, himself, for not being able to delay this inevitable tiny step any longer. next up: the bitter enders at FR lose their minds because trump decides against a full out civil war in response to the dodgy democrat fraud riddled election.
next up: FR bitter enders blame random, utterly unassociated republicans for both. watch; this will happen.
5 threads in an hour!
Must be Breaking Rerun News!
Everybody thinks they got the scoop, lolololol
LOL....he just keeps approving transition, apparently :-)
We have not lost folks, read Post #11. The towel was not thrown in. People are being threatened. Giving biden transition resources does not mean he has the job, he only has the resources to begin a transition.
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Katie Pavlich? Never Forget.
‘Against Trump’: Part II
https://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2016/01/26/against-trump-part-ii-n2109822
Well, was hoping to hear some good news today from all these high powered lawyers for Trump. Nothing but crickets.
Beginning to think they were all just shooting off their mouths.
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