White House quietly sets up panel for possible Biden transition

[applegrove]

Mike Memoli and Carol E. Lee at NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/blog/meet-press-blog-latest-news-analysis-data-driving-political-discussion-n988541/ncrd1207126#blogHeader

White House quietly sets up panel for possible Biden transition

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WASHINGTON — Mark Meadows will helm the White House panel, required by law, to begin planning for a possible transition of power to a new Democratic administration, the Trump administration informed lawmakers on Wednesday.

A memo to House and Senate committee leaders from a representative in the General Services Administration was the first public acknowledgment by any administration official that the White House was fully complying with legal deadlines, only recently established, to ensure a smooth transfer of power in the executive branch.

Meadows, the new White House chief of staff and a former North Carolina congressman, will serve as chair of the White House Transition Coordinating Council. Chris Liddell, deputy chief of staff for policy coordination, will serve as vice chair. 

The panel will also include Office of Management and Budget Director Russel Vought, White House counsel Pat Cipollone, and other West Wing officials. There will also be a “transition representative for each eligible candidate” — this is likely to be former Vice President Joe Biden, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee.

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. That this council exists at all must really chap His Lardship's flabby orange ass.

And they'll fuck it up, like everything else they touch.

[Iliyah]

2. They are following the law?

Interesting.

[BigmanPigman]

3. If the next POTUS is smart, he will have everything this admin touched fumigated

and triple checked. Do NOT trust THEM! Also, get all the bugs/listening devices that team tRump/Putin left behind ripped out after they document the evidence to bring possible charges down the road.... Karma. "They bugged me, bad Dems, boo hoo".

[Dan]

9. Absolutely!!!!

[Grokenstein]

4. Huh.

I figured the transition plan would just be "steal the fine china, rip out the plumbing, then let Junior take a shit on the desk in the Oval Office." I'm not even kidding. I thought we'd see moving vans pull up to strip everything in the White House in December.

[Retrograde]

13. I trust the permanent WH staff keeps an inventory

of how many pictures, antiques, and silverware they have (since while an administration can choose what they want to use doing their stay, it does after all, belong to We the People).

I would not be greatly surprised to hear that certain articles are "broken" or otherwise missing, though.

[Brother Mythos]

5. I suspect the smoothest way to transition is ...

to simply chase all of the Trumpers out of the White House on January 20th, and start over from scratch.

Seriously, are any of those clowns even worth talking to?

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Possible? I beg to differ. Biden will be in the WH so fast that rump's a&& will barely clear ...

the front door of the WH before being slammed shut. I can't wait for some actual leadership and sanity.

[ibegurpard]

7. Here's how the transition needs to work

Every single person appointed or hired during the Trump adminstration needs to be replaced. Pretty straightforward.

[ChazInAz]

11. One important thing.

Those departing should leave only with the clothes on their backs. The White House is a crime scene, and we don't want to lose any evidence. All ousted republicans need to have their passports canceled to prevent absquatulation. We want to keep them handy for trials.

[Chainfire]

8. The transition team

is probably planning where to place the demolition charges.

[UTUSN]

10. Huzzah!1

[FloridaBlues]

12. Get rid of all people and scrub out the entire administration come Jan

[totodeinhere]

14. Nothing unusual about that. It's standard procedure.

The Obama Administration did the same thing in 2012 in case he lost to Romney.

[struggle4progress]

15. "We can just give him Putin's phone number"

[not_the_one]

16. I'm suspicious... Why would the turd imply in any way that he would concede "losing" the election?

Other than as a diversionary tactic?

If he is unable to delay or cancel the election, and he actually LOSES, the LAST thing he will be is cooperative. So if they are "quietly planning" a transition, they are "quietly planning" the final series of clusterfucks.

More along the lines of a daily list of outrages that he still had the power to do, and since he will be leaving the country so he can't be prosecuted, won't be held accountable for them.

He and Pootie have been making lists, and checking them twice. Now they just need to execute them.

Pootie, the turd, Miller and Bannon are some evil fucks. They aren't anywhere near through.