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Your support makes all the difference.As Donald Trump continues to refuse conceding the 2020 presidential race to Joe Biden, the president-elect was said to have spoken with Senate Republicans who have begun to admit he should at least receive intelligence briefings that have so far been denied.
On Friday afternoon most networks called Georgia for Mr Biden and North Carolina for Mr Trump bringing their respective electoral college vote totals to 306 to 232.
US federal and state cybersecurity officials, meanwhile, have delivered a direct rebuke to Donald Trump, who continues to allege irregularities and widespread fraud without evidence.
Chris Krebs, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said the 3 November vote was “the most secure in history" in a report published Thursday, and added that Americans should trust the result. His agency had not find any evidence of ballots being lost, deleted or altered, he said.
Trump saw people celebrating his defeat from motorcade as he rode back to White House from golf course
When the 2020 presidential election was called for Joe Biden on Saturday, Donald Trump was at his golf course in Virginia.
Located some 26 miles from the White House, in the suburb of Stirling, it was an interesting journey back to the executive mansion for the president — and there was no way a motorcade could shield him from public feeling regarding the election result.
Supporters of president-elect Biden lined the streets and highways between the golf course and downtown Washington, DC, waving flags and signs and making their distaste for the president evident.
Many gave the finger to Mr Trump as the motorcade passed.
The Independent’s Oliver O’Connell reports.
Trump saw people celebrating his defeat as he rode back to White House from golf course
Many gave Mr Trump the finger as he passed by
Biden adviser says they’re getting crickets from the White House
No one from the White House has contacted Joe Biden in the past two days, according the president-elect’s senior advisor Symone Sanders.
Sander’s told CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday that neither Donald Trump nor any of his administration officials have contacted his replacement since the election results were announced on Saturday.
There have, however, been a number of Republicans in Congress that have extended the olive branch.
"I think the White House has made clear what their strategy is here and that they are going to continue to participate and push forward these flailing and in many respects, baseless, legal strategies," Sanders said.
"The people are the folks who decide elections in this country and the people have spoken."
Watch: How Trump’s presidency came crashing down at Four Seasons Total Landscaping
"Lawyers Press Conference at Four Seasons, Philadelphia. 11:00 A.M," Donald Trump wrote to his 88 million followers on Saturday morning.
Not the hotel, the landscaping supply store. Next to the adult book store.
See how that all worked out.
Trump plans to brandish obituaries and hold more rallies to prolong election fight, reports
Donald Trump is entering the lawfare stage and plans on brandishing the obituaries people he alleges voted while also holding campaign-style rallies to extend the never-ending election campaign, according to Axios.
Axios reporter, Alayna Treene, has the scoop on the president using the obituaries as part of his “specific pieces of evidence” to bolster his claims of voter fraud and corruption.
It’s part of the Trump team’s plan to file recounts in key states and hold a series of accompanying rallies to drum up support for the litigation.
The new strategy could be seen as soon as Sunday night as the president is appearing on Fox News to discuss what he calls is the “mail-in ballot hoax!”.
Trump gives double thumbs up to supporters on journey from golf course to White House
President Donald Trump was seen giving two thumbs up to supporters as he drove back to the White House from his Virginia golf course for the second time in two days.
The president had been playing golf at his Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia on Saturday when the Associated Press and major US television networks announced that Joe Biden had secured the presidency.
Associated Press photographer Steve Hebler later captured a snapshot of the president putting on a jovial exterior for supporters on his return to the White House from another visit to the club on Sunday.
The Independent’s Louise Hall has more.
Trump gives thumbs up to supporters driving from golf course to White House
President-elect Joe Biden visited church and graves of his son, daughter, and first wife
Doug Collins to lead Georgia recount, Trump campaign says
While Donald Trump will hit the road on a fraud hoax tour, Republican Doug Collins will be leading the campaigns recount in Georgia.
Read the campaign’s full statement below.
Former WH officials urge cooperative transition
A bipartisan group from the last three White Houses is urging the Trump administration to move forward “to immediately begin the post-election transition process.”
The call from the Center for Presidential Transition advisory board comes as the General Services Administration has yet to formally recognize Democrat Joe Biden as the president-elect. That’s a necessary move to free up money for the transition and clear the way for Biden’s team to begin putting in place the transition process at agencies.
“This was a hard-fought campaign, but history is replete with examples of presidents who emerged from such campaigns to graciously assist their successors,” members of the advisory board said in a statement.
The statement was signed by Bush White House chief of staff Josh Bolten and Health and Human Services secretary Michael Leavitt as well as Bill Clinton-era chief of staff Thomas “Mack” McLarty and Obama Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. - AP
The calls are coming from inside the house…
It seems that some people in the administration have come to terms with the result of the election.
Some are apparently even relieved.
Two camps form in White House
CNN’s Jake Tapper reports that the president is being urged to get on the road and hold rallies across the US pushing for recounts by Jared Kushner, Rudy Giuliani, and Jason Miller.
Dave Bossie and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows are said to be urging that Mr Trump concedes.
No congratulations for Biden from Putin
Russian and Chinese leaders stay silent on president-elect’s historic victory.
Chris Riotta reports.
Putin fails to congratulate Biden on defeating Trump
Russian and Chinese leaders stay silent on president-elect’s historic victory
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