It’s not irrelevant at all. And I’m glad Kamala Harris, still a sitting senator, is on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where presumably she has access to a fair amount of information, if perhaps not as much as the president (or Biden, if he were able to attend the president’s daily briefing).
I think staff gave up on the daily briefing about 2 years ago. It’s like trying in get a pig to sing. Hopefully the data is still there in a server that they can’t wipe on there way out.
The briefing for the President-elect (at least in normal transitions) takes place wherever he is, which is not the WH. Someone else does it rather than the person who briefs the President, but it covers the same info.
No, why?
There is no such thing as “concession” in a legal sense.
If any president can get that to change, you know it’s Trump.
And Giuliani is doing an amazing job.
Personally, this is my favorite bit:
It’s only seven letters, Rudy, and you’re supposed to be a lawyer for the President of the United States. Buy a fucking dictionary. And a map of Philadelphia.
If Giuliani showed up dressed as Bozo The Clown I don’t think it would effect the court’s opinion of him one bit at this point.
I think the date the court would set would be Jan 6, 2021 as that’s the day Biden legally become President-Elect
Serious question: At what point is Rudy going to be committed to an institution for his own safety? It’s getting increasingly obvious that he’s suffered some kind of physical brain injury (stroke?)
“Concession means to acknowledge an action is right, true, or proper,” Abrams told the crowd of reporters, staffers, and supporters. “As a woman of conscience and faith, I cannot concede. But my assessment is that the law currently allows no further viable remedy.”
The first presidential concession was in 1896 (or 1900) when William Jennings Bryan telegraphed his concession to William McKinley.
Administrations changed before them without one.
They are a nicety. Worst case scenario is that Biden takes office on January 20 without being properly briefed. Since he had been VP, though, he won’t be coming into it cold.
Exactly. She acknowledged that the laws as written and executed at the time resulted in her losing the election. Then she fought to have some of those laws changed. Some of those changes (like ballot curing) resulted in increased turnout this year which may have contributed to Joe Biden winning the state.
If Trump and his supporters don’t like the rules that were in place during the election the proper time to change them is prior to the next election. Instead they are making claims without any evidence that they were robbed by a rigged system and widespread fraud. It is thoroughly corrosive to democracy.
I don’t even care that he won’t concede - that is largely meaningless ceremony. I do care that he and others keep attempting to undermine confidence in our entire system of elections. I’m not sure how that bell can be un-rung.