After days of waiting for the Presidential election to be called, Democratic nominee Joe Biden has officially been named the President-elect. Despite not being in the White House yet, President-elect Biden has already started to make decisions and moves. Here is where you get your updates on what’s going on with the President-Elect’s transition, and the outgoing President: Donald Trump.
11/19/20
8 p.m. – A Georgia state law, requires an audit of election results. After days of work, the Secretary of State’s office confirmed, President-elect Joe Biden did win the state against Trump. A lot of attention was put on the results in Georgia as it was neck-in-neck. In addition, the once red state has turned blue in a pivotal election.
Biden beat Trump by 12,284 votes in the official audit. Furthermore, the audit confirmed there was no widespread fraud or irregularities in the election.
11/11/20
8:50 p.m. – Biden named Ronald Klain as his White House Chief of Staff today.
“Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, including as we rescued the American economy from one of the worst downturns in our history in 2009 and later overcame a daunting public health emergency in 2014,” the President-elect stated. “His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again.”
Ronald Klain will serve President-Elect Biden as White House Chief of Staff. https://t.co/hERLdgML6n
— Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) November 12, 2020
11/10/20
5 p.m. – Despite projections and Biden being named the Presiden-elect, Trump has still refused to concede.
Today, Biden stated it is an “embarrassment” Trump has not conceded.
“I just think it’s an embarrassment, quite frankly. It will not help the president’s legacy. I think at the end of the day it will all come to fruition on Jan. 20.”
2 p.m. – President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris discuss the importance of the Affordable Care Act.
President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris deliver remarks on the stakes for families across the country in Texas v. California, the Trump administration’s lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act. https://t.co/8Oc8fafdkm
— Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) November 10, 2020
12:10 P.M. – In a stunning move, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo states that there will be a smooth transition to a “second term” for President Trump and not a transition to President-elect Joe Biden:
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said there will be 'a smooth transition to a second Trump administration,' appearing to reject Democratic challenger Joe Biden's victory over the president https://t.co/qgnVGwt1zU pic.twitter.com/D2dLylXdyG
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 10, 2020
11/9/20
3 p.m.
Trump has fired Defense Secretary Mark Esper. This decision has caught many people in politics off guard.
President Trump's firing of Defense Secretary Mark Esper is an unprecedented move by a president struggling to accept election defeat and angry at a Pentagon leader he believes wasn't loyal enough. https://t.co/rLTw00GD8L
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2020
2 p.m.
President-elect Biden promised to ensure public health decisions are informed by public health experts. We are making good on that promise.
Today, we announced a COVID-19 advisory board to provide science-based guidance for navigating this pandemic: https://t.co/z0nuAkWPcu pic.twitter.com/524nqj4IKJ
— Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) November 9, 2020
10:30 a.m.
Statement by President-elect Biden on Pfizer's vaccine progress: pic.twitter.com/eOiLZnqO8N
— Biden-Harris Presidential Transition (@Transition46) November 9, 2020
