Dear fellow MoveOn member,
General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Emily Murphy, a Trump appointee, is refusing to release transition funds and support in accordance with the Presidential Transition Act of 1963.1
These funds are vital to an effective transfer of power. In fact, "Until Murphy ascertains that Biden is the president-elect, the Biden transition cannot access government funds or communicate with the federal agencies they will be staffing."2
This is a further attempt by the Trump administration and his appointees to undermine the results of the 2020 presidential election. All national media outlets have called this election, and voters decided that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our next president and vice president. But this key Trump-appointed bureaucrat is slowing down the transition, doing our country harm by humoring Donald Trump's alternate reality that the outcome isn't clear.
It is vital that Emily Murphy, GSA administrator, recognize President-elect Biden for the following reasons:
1. While global leaders and outlets from Fox News to CNN acknowledge Joe Biden won, Murphy is hindering a timely transition. There is overwhelming evidence that the election was run fairly and successfully, to the credit of those officials and staff handling an unprecedented number of ballots.
2. Murphy's refusal to recognize President-elect Biden has national security implications, since the Department of Defense and Department of State cannot work with the transition team on security briefings and clearances until the GSA recognizes the results of the election.3
3. Murphy's refusal to follow the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 is a clear refutation of the democratic process and severely undermines confidence in free and fair elections in this country.
For all these reasons and more, GSA Administrator Murphy must immediately recognize the 2020 presidential election results, so the Biden transition team can build the proper infrastructure to address the immediate needs of the country.
Let's be clear: In our democracy, voters decide the outcome of our election. Voters chose Biden/Harris, and there is nothing Trump or his cronies can say or do to change that. But that won't stop them from trying—and their desperate flailing has real-world impacts on our country.
Thanks!
—Diane Yoder
Sources:
1. "Trump Appointee Delays Biden Transition Process, Citing Need For 'Clear' Winner," NPR, November 10, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146423?t=17&akid=283759%2E40999114%2EpZoU3F
2. "Pressure mounts on federal agency to affirm Biden victory," Politico, November 8, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146424?t=19&akid=283759%2E40999114%2EpZoU3F
3. "Biden transition threatens legal action on GSA decision," Axios, November 9, 2020
https://act.moveon.org/go/146425?t=21&akid=283759%2E40999114%2EpZoU3F
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