Here, its over. The president has failed in his attempt to overturn an election result. Joe biden will as planned take over as the 46th president at noon, january 20th in keeping with the results of the election. Another way of putting it is trumps defeat became official when the woman who runs the General Services administration faced with a boss who will not concede just tonight grudgingly agreed to officially begin the transition to the biden administration. In a letter to biden that avoids calling him president elect, emily murphy, signed off on his transition and noted she was under no political pressure writing, quote, 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. I did not receive any direction to delay my determination. Her decision came just hours afte
Her decision came just hours after Election Officials in michigan certified joe bidens victory. Trump posted his reaction to the news about the transition with a message that did not sound like a concession. Quote, i want to thank emily murphy at gsa for her steadfast dedication and loyalty to our country. Our case strongly continues, and 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 and have told my team to do the same. Tonight the New York Times reports it this way. Quote, mr. Trump had been resisting any move toward a transition, but in conversations in recent days that intensified monday morning top aides including mark meadows, the white house chief of staff, pat cipollone, the white house chief council and jay sekulow told the president the transition needed to begin. He did not need to say the word concede, they told him. Trump continued to solici
Wanted. I barely know him, but just take a look, a stone cold loser and husband from hell. Trump and George Conway have been publicly feuding since conway questioned trumps mental fitness. Sarah, how is George Conway responding to the president this morning . Well, ryan, this is certainly getting a lot more personal. President trump potentially elevating George Conway to new levels of recognition by directly engaging with him. George conway is a prominent d. C. Lawyer and a longstanding critic of President Trump. After trump weighed in this morning for what appears to be the first time weighing in on the conways marriage, mr. Conway responded by writing, you are nuts and also claiming that the president is proving his point by taking the time to write such a rebuttal. Mr. Conway spoke to the Washington Post, tried to explain the frequency of his barbs against his wifes boss. He said the incompetence is just maddening the watch. T the tweeting is just the way to get it out of the way so
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