Biden: Trump Stalling Transition Will Put COVID Vaccine ‘Behind By Weeks Or Months’ | Talking Points Memo

President-elect Joe Biden rebuked President Trump on Wednesday for standing in the way of his formal transition, especially because the sitting president’s refusal to concede will put the distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine during the Biden administration “behind by weeks or months.”


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M’am, please step away from the Almond Roca and sign the Ascertainment.

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My local Walgreen’s Pharmacy has more “trainee” staff behind the counter than regular staff. Biden will have an army of volunteers to organize.

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But more people will die and that makes him feel special.

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I do not understand why the Biden folks don’t petition the federal court to require the GSA to fulfill its legal responsibilities under statute, i.e., to initiate the transition process? Are they waiting for states to “certify” his win (even though the statute doesn’t require that level of proof of the election to trigger the transition)? Seems to me, if the court rules that the GSA MUST comply with the law, and they don’t, then the head of the GSA will be in contempt of court and can be hauled into court on that charge.

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Local television stations–not national–need to start asking their GOP Senators if they can articulate the harm of working with the Biden team, and then they need to ask if they can articulate the harm of refusing to work with Biden. If Trump finds a way to stay in office (and I don’t think he can) no harm will have been done. Having national media report this doesn’t make the same impact of a local station reporting a story about a Senator that has been elected from a particular state.

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Yeah I wish they would now. People are dying and this is ridiculous. The legal avenues have all been explored and shut down so now would not be precipitate but prudent.

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I hope Team Biden bangs this drum as loudly as possible until these people comply. Even afterwards it needs to be made clear that they further slowed the response and that people will still die needlessly because of Trump. It needs to be fully understood that more people will die because of Trump’s bruised ego.

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has anyone else run across this line of lunacy -

encountered a comment (acquaintance from many years ago) railing away at the MSM for giving voice to this concern … claiming Trump has CVS & Walgreens all over this and it is just a bunch of noise because it is all already worked out … and sharing info is unnecessary …
… this is absurdly stupid … I wanted to reach out and rant - but instantly stopped myself - as it was clearly pointless - the zombies had already eaten her brain .

If the plan is rolling out to healthcare professionals - late December … and going nationwide to population at large - in April - ish … this is a project of astronomical scale - and it isn’t going to be Oh swing on by your local CVS or Walgreens & get your shots…

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Could be trump co hasn’t destroyed enough evidence yet

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Remember when Reagan used to “to go to the American people”? There was always a big outpouring of phone calls and letters to senators and congresspeople, and it often actually worked. Some of those voters from COVID ravaged states need to raise their mighty voices.

The present man in the oval office does not care about the American people. He does not care about anything but himself. He claims he is not a loser and he has kept all his campaign promises.

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If we can do it the right way, we bang on this from now on until everybody pretty much sees them for the nihilists they are. And they become anathema, the way they have manipulated our image.

It is past time to make that pendulum swing back. Past time. They are demonstrably killing Americans and don’t care. This should be hung around every one of their necks from now on.

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This isn’t on Cocholster any more. The blame is directly placed on fellow Death Culter GSA administrator Murphy. She deserves to be hitched to a 3-ton boulder and tossed into the Potomac.

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"Emily is a consummate professional, a deeply moral person, but also a very scrupulous attorney who is in a very difficult position with an unclear law and precedence that is behind her stance…

that does not reconcile with reality -

GSA Administrator Emily Murphy told investigators she often permitted her immediate staff to consume alcohol after business hours on Fridays, but was not aware of the formal process for approving drinking in the office.

SHE IS SPEWING BULLSHIT - So she has no problems being “interpretive” or “flexible” regarding certain rules & guidelines -

BUT She just can’t figure out how to “ascertain” who the winner of the Presidential election might be … just can’t figure it out and - can’t figure out what the “risk” might be - here’s a clue -
THE RISK OF SHARING INFO WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL DO EVIL WITH IT IS ZERO!
and - The risk of NOT sharing is building higher and higher every day !!

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Granted, it’s hard to shame the shameless, but Biden should continue to step up the pressure on this asshole.

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THIS WAS ALL ON HER WATCH - and now she is being a stickler for “the rules” ???

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Up until a year ago, Jerry Falwell Jr. was also getting rave reviews. Murphy, who is looking for a new job, needs good reviews right now.

Ms Murphy…
It is time to shit or get off the pot.

Do your damn job. And kissing trump’s ass is not your job.

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They’re eventually gonna find out that there is no plan at all. Just a bare cupboard and a few cobwebs.

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