Jamelle Bouie: Six weeks of Republican shamelessness have done real damage
Some Republicans, under the guise of so-called election integrity, are even retreating from popular government itself.
(Damon Winter | The New York Times)
Electors in Georgia turn in their official ballots on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in Atlanta. With its surreal defiance, the Republican Party has established a new normal for anti-democratic behavior.
By Jamelle Bouie | The New York Times
| Dec. 17, 2020, 3:00 a.m.
Early this week, electors in 50 states and Washington, D.C., formally chose Joe Biden as the next president of the United States.
And after weeks (and weeks) of waiting, Republicans in the Senate began to acknowledge the president-elect’s victory.
USA TODAY s coverage of the 2020 election and President-elect Joe Biden s transition continues this week as he rolls out more of his picks for top jobs in his administration and prepares to take the oath of office Jan. 20. The Electoral College affirmed Biden s win Monday, officially giving Biden enough electoral votes to defeat President Donald Trump. Congress will count and certify the results in a joint session Jan. 6.
Trump has cleared the way for Biden s team to use federal resources and get briefings during the transition, although Trump has yet to formally concede the race and continues to challenge the results.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will have a low-key inauguration on January 20, and the event will be restricted for the public, the organisers said. They urged the citizens to participate in the historic affair from home in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC), responsible for the planning and execution of the inaugural ceremonies of the president-elect and vice president-elect of the US at the Capitol, on Wednesday said that invitations to members of the 117th Congress will be limited to themselves and one guest.
“Our goal is to create an inauguration that keeps people safe, honours the grand traditions of the Presidency, and showcases the Biden-Harris Administration s renewed American vision for an inclusive, equitable, and unified citizenry,” said Presidential Inauguration Committee (PIC)CEO Tony Allen.
Updated Dec. 17, 2020 5:25 pm ET
Instead of financing fancy receptions, companies and other donors to next month’s pandemic-era inauguration are being asked to help pay for what is shaping up to be a mostly online show.
The scaled-down event on Jan. 20 which President-elect Joe Biden has said will look more like the Democratic National Convention in August than past inaugurations is almost certain to cost less than the roughly $100 million President Trump’s committee spent on his multiday bash in 2017.
Still, there will likely be bills totaling tens of millions of dollars, according to people involved in planning other large-scale virtual events this year.