Daily Digest for November 11, 2020 Posted at 7:45 a.m. by Michael Olson |
Good morning. Vowing "to get right to work," President-elect Joe Biden shrugged off President Donald Trump's fierce refusal to accept the election outcome as "inconsequential," even as Democrats elsewhere warned that the Republican president's actions were dangerous.
Raising unsupported claims of voter fraud, Trump has blocked the incoming president from receiving intelligence briefings and withheld federal funding intended to help facilitate the transfer of power. Trump's resistance, backed by senior Republicans in Washington and across the country, could also prevent background investigations and security clearances for prospective staff and access to federal agencies to discuss transition planning.
A couple of weeks ago, House Republicans were in the minority and forecasts showed that they could lose even more seats in a Democratic wave. That's not what happened.
"You win campaigns with great candidates, with the right message, and you've got to have enough resources," U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, tells All Things Considered. "The top issues were the economy and they were safety and security or law and order. ... And we offered, I think, the best alternative, candidates, and we had the best messages depending on the districts."
In excerpts from the interview, Emmer discusses Republican victories, whether there's room for cooperation and the results of the presidential election.
President Donald Trump and his allies have repeated specious claims that don’t have proof or have been rejected by the courts. Nonpartisan investigations of the 2016 election and previous elections have found that voter fraud is exceedingly rare.Here's a look at the election and the allegations Trump has made. |
|
|
|
|
