Biden aide begins forming U.S. presidential transition team

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A close adviser to former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has begun forming a team to oversee the transition if the Democratic presidential candidate wins November's election and unseats President Donald Trump, according to a statement on Saturday.

Longtime Biden aide Ted Kaufman has recruited six people, including several former Obama administration officials, to an initial team that will later be expanded, a person familiar with the transition team said.

Major party nominees set up transition teams before a general election to coordinate with the incumbent administration.

In a statement, Kaufman said the work would "ensure continuity of government" in the event that Biden must prepare to take over amid the coronavirus pandemic and ensuing economic crisis.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-aide-begins-forming-u-182413350.html

What's that I hear? Why it's right wing heads popping.

[zipplewrath]

1. I think Obama started this

There's actually federal funds to support transition teams of both campaigns starting in the next couple of months. It takes that long to get an administration up and running. Mostly right now they identify all the critical offices that need to be staffed and establish an order and books of potential candidates to be vetted.

[hatrack]

2. This is required by federal law anyway . . . Biden's the presumptive nominee, so good on him.

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I'll bet Pres. Shitstain has all kinds of informative transition meetings on the calendar . . .

[Wounded Bear]

4. I don't think it's required until after the convention, if they have one...

but good idea to get an early start, like I say below. Gonna be a lot of work to clean up the shitshow that is Trump.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Good idea to get an early start on this...

gonna be a shitload of cleanup to do. And Joe better have a list of 300 or so appointments to make in the first 10 days.

[onetexan]

7. K&R

[mahina]

5. Good. Last time all the departments prepared briefing teams and training materials that were never

Used. Nothing exceptional, Every transition does. Michael Lewis’s The Fifth Risk tells all about it.

I hope someone on our side preserved this. Rebuilding our country after this looting vandal is going to be a mammoth task.

Got you Joe!

[Karadeniz]

6. Remember Trump's not wanting to have to work at a transition...and when he learned it was paid

For, he said it was his money and he wanted it back. Total putz.