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Laura Coates Live

GSA tells Biden Team to officially begin transition

Laura Coates Live

CNN

News

3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Chris breaks down the news of day with Kaitlin Collins and Joe Lockhart after the GSA announced the Biden team can officially begin the formal transition process. Jim Schultz, a former Trump White House lawyer, joins Chris later on to discuss how the GSA's announcement will impact the White House's efforts to overturn the election results. Finally, Chris wraps up the show with a courageous 74-year-old Florida man that rescued his puppy from the jaws of an alligator, captured on video. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime.

0:02.2

We all have reason to be thankful tonight.

0:05.6

The Biden administration can finally start the job.

0:09.6

The GSA lifted its revenge block that it had on behalf of Trump.

0:15.5

This is a victory for democracy, but the lesson is in how we got here.

0:22.2

Even this move is proof of what we must stop out in our politics.

0:28.1

The GSA head writes,

0:29.9

I've always strived to do what's right.

0:32.1

Please know that I came to my decision independently based on the law and available facts.

0:37.2

I was never directly or indirectly pressured by any executive branch official,

0:41.3

including those who work at the White House or GSA with regard to the substance or timing of my decision.

0:48.7

Carefully worded and with good reason.

0:51.1

You know why? She was just doing her job.

0:53.8

She was refusing to do her job.

0:57.2

And on what basis?

0:58.9

There was no legitimate basis.

1:00.9

There were no facts she could draw on to question the results or the apparent winner.

1:06.4

So what did she base it on?

1:07.8

She was never pressured.

1:09.4

Then how about this tweet that followed right after her transition?

1:15.0

Trump tweeted, I told her to do this.

1:18.6

I'm not going to read it.

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