Heres whats happening Tuesday in Election 2020 and President-elect Joe Biden’s transition.
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DEMOCRACY CHALLENGED: Americas democratic institutions are holding firm despite facing unprecedented strain from President Donald Trump as he fights to hold power despite losing his bid for reelection. The latest is the Electoral College, which formally confirmed President-elect Joe Bidens victory. Electors in all 50 states backed the will of their voters. But Trump has vowed to fight on, putting pressure on congressional Republicans who have to give final approval to the election on Jan. 6.
GOP RECKONING: For the first time, a groundswell of leading Republicans says Biden is the winner of the presidential election. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was silent. But a number of senators said the time has come to move on. Theyre essentially abandoning Trumps assault on the outcome. Some vow to stick with Trump, carrying the fight to next month, when Congress votes on the Electoral College results. Others are simply keeping quiet until Biden is inaugurated on Jan. 20.
GEORGIA BOUND: As Republicans try to brand Georgias Democratic candidates as puppets who would ensure a leftist takeover of the Senate, Democrats believe they have a helpful counter to the exaggerated attacks: Biden. Biden is the first Democratic presidential candidate to win Georgia since 1992, and he will return to the state to campaign alongside Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff elections that will determine Senate control.
BARR OUT: Attorney General William Barr, one of Trumps staunchest allies, is departing amid lingering tension over the Republican presidents baseless claims of election fraud and the investigation into Bidens son, Hunter. Trump has publicly expressed his anger about Barrs statement to The Associated Press earlier this month that the Justice Department had found no widespread fraud that would change the outcome of the election.
QUOTABLE: The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame. Biden, after the Electoral College formally confirmed his victory.
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