Democrat Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election Saturday morning.
And yet, President Trump has not conceded or accepted it, and the agency responsible for doling out funds and office space during a transition is denying that money to the Biden team, implying the results of the election are not yet certain and referencing the “precedent” of the contested 2000 presidential election.
Allies of the president, including the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, have also referenced the contest between Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush as a need to wait for “the votes to be counted” before declaring a winner in this year’s election.
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