Joe Biden Is Fed Up With Trump's Election Conspiracies

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🗓️ 15 December 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

On the day electors around the country voted to confirm his victory, President-elect Joe Biden expressed his frustration, in a primetime speech, with the baseless election conspiracies spouted by President Trump and fellow Republicans.

This episode: correspondent Scott Detrow, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's the MPR Politics Podcast.
0:05.3	I'm Susan Davis.
0:06.3	I cover Congress.
0:07.3	I'm Scott Detro.
0:08.3	I cover the Biden transition.
0:09.3	I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.
0:12.7	And it's 8.25 pm on Monday, December 14th.
0:16.9	And tonight, Joe Biden just wrapped a speech.
0:19.0	The President-elect has been promising to be a President who unites all Americans.
0:24.1	And tonight, shortly after the Electoral College cast their ballots, he made a short speech
0:29.4	calling on President Trump and Republicans to finally accept the 2020 election results,
0:35.2	saying it's time to move on for the good of the country.
0:38.4	Today, the member of the Electoral College, representing the certified winner, cast their
0:46.8	votes for President and Vice President of the United States.
0:50.4	And an act just as old as our nation itself.
0:53.2	And once again, the American, the rule of law, our Constitution.
0:59.4	And the will of the people prevail.
1:01.8	Our democracy pushed, tested, threatened, proved to be resilient, true and strong.
1:08.8	Scott earlier today, we did a podcast with Miles Parks in which we talked about how
1:12.9	normally we don't even pay attention to the Electoral College.
1:16.9	And tonight, I think it's worth noting that normally, President-elects don't give national
1:21.0	addresses following the Electoral College either.
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