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The administration has until May 3 to form a committee to begin transition planning, but...
As first deadline approaches, Biden and Trump camps begin a delicate transition dance
The administration has until May 3 to form a committee to begin transition planning, but Democrats worry that Trump will be disruptive.
WASHINGTON — It may seem early, but federal law mandates that by Sunday the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, and aides to the president he hopes to unseat must begin planning for a possible transition of power after the November election.
Officials from agencies involved in transition planning said they will follow the law and start the process with Biden on schedule.
The White House, however, declined to comment on whether officials in the West Wing who are responsible for coordinating with Biden's team have plans to do so by the May 3 deadline.
Biden, for his part, has already started preparing a transition team.
"Sounds presumptuous," the former vice president told donors recently. "But it has to happen."
There are concerns among Democrats, however, that President Donald Trump might try to impede preparations for potentially handing over the office after serving one term, given his distrust of career government officials who would be critical to the process and his past musings that election results could be rigged against him.
"They're a 'let's burn the house down on the way out' kind of crowd. I'd like to think it was different, but there's nothing to indicate that they would play it straight," said John Podesta, who was a co-chair of Barack Obama's transition in 2008 and chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016.
"One of the challenges will be, which I think with Trump you have to anticipate," Podesta added, "is what if he doesn't accept the results?"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/first-deadline-approaches-biden-trump-camps-begin-delicate-transition-dance-n1190911
The administration has until May 3 to form a committee to begin transition planning, but Democrats worry that Trump will be disruptive.
WASHINGTON — It may seem early, but federal law mandates that by Sunday the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, Joe Biden, and aides to the president he hopes to unseat must begin planning for a possible transition of power after the November election.
Officials from agencies involved in transition planning said they will follow the law and start the process with Biden on schedule.
The White House, however, declined to comment on whether officials in the West Wing who are responsible for coordinating with Biden's team have plans to do so by the May 3 deadline.
Biden, for his part, has already started preparing a transition team.
"Sounds presumptuous," the former vice president told donors recently. "But it has to happen."
There are concerns among Democrats, however, that President Donald Trump might try to impede preparations for potentially handing over the office after serving one term, given his distrust of career government officials who would be critical to the process and his past musings that election results could be rigged against him.
"They're a 'let's burn the house down on the way out' kind of crowd. I'd like to think it was different, but there's nothing to indicate that they would play it straight," said John Podesta, who was a co-chair of Barack Obama's transition in 2008 and chair of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign in 2016.
"One of the challenges will be, which I think with Trump you have to anticipate," Podesta added, "is what if he doesn't accept the results?"
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/first-deadline-approaches-biden-trump-camps-begin-delicate-transition-dance-n1190911
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Kick him in the balls and shove him of stage. The crowd cheers wildly and the police pick him up off his ass drag him away in cuffs crying. The perfect transition in my mind. 
