DON: CAN’T ‘CHANGE MY MIND’
Claims ‘tremendous cheating’ as
As President Trump continued his diatribe against the election results in his first interview since Nov. 3, President-elect Joe Biden named an all-women communications team with an Obama administration alum in the top role on Sunday, according to reports.
Jennifer Psaki will be his communications director, the Democrat announced Sunday, leading a team with six other women.
“Communicating directly and truthfully to the American people is one of the most important duties of a president, and this team will be entrusted with the tremendous responsibility of connecting the American people to the White House,” Biden said in a statement.
The Biden administration will be the first ever in which all top officials speaking for the president will be female, The Washington Post reported.
Psaki previously served as communications director for former President Barack Obama. She’ll work alongside incoming White House communications director Kate Bedingfield.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has picked Symone Sanders as her chief spokeswoman and Ashley Etienne as communications director.
On Sunday, Biden also picked Neera Tanden to head the important Office of Management and Budget, the first woman of color selected for the role.
She comes from the Center for American Progress, a progressive group.
Sunday’s announcements come after Biden promised to staff the White House with people who reflect the country, the Post noted.
He “has a history of advocating on behalf of women in the U.S. and around the world, and today’s
announcement is a continuation of that work,” Ron Klain, Biden’s incoming chief of staff, was quoted as saying.
Trump, meanwhile, spent his Sunday morning ranting, raving and refusing to accept the reality of his loss to Biden.
“It’s not like you’re going to change my mind. In other words, my mind will not change in six months. There was tremendous cheating here,” Trump, who’s refused to concede, said on Fox News.
Recent weeks have seen a string of humiliating legal defeats for Team Trump as the president tries to overturn the election, with a Pennsylvania judge tossing out a Republican attempt to discount mail-in votes on Saturday night.
“We’re not allowed to put in our proof. They say you don’t have standing,” Trump said in a phone call with Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures.”
“I would like to file one nice, big, beautiful lawsuit, talking about this and many other things, with tremendous proof,” he continued. “We have affidavits, we have hundreds and hundreds of affidavits.”
The host appeared to goad the unhinged commander-in-chief on, asking him about the role of the
Justice Department and FBI.
The agencies, traditionally shielded from presidential interference, have been “missing in action,” Trump whined.
“You would think if you’re the FBI or the Department of Justice, this is the biggest thing they could be looking at,” he said. “Where are they? I’ve not seen anything. They just keep moving along.”
In several swing states, judges have rejected baseless claims from Trump and Republican allies that the election was plagued with fraud.
In a last-ditch effort, Rep. Mike Kelly tried to get his home state of
Pennsylvania to overturn a 2019 law allowing mail-in balloting, which would have invalidated millions of votes.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court found the effort was “beyond cavil,” echoing harsh language from judges who have shot down Trump’s efforts in other cases.
On Sunday, Trump fantasized about bringing his case to the Supreme Court.
“The problem is, it’s hard to get into the Supreme Court,” he said. “I’ve got the best Supreme Court advocates, lawyers that want to argue the case if it gets there.”
Trump’s efforts to change the result suffered yet another blow Sunday, in Wisconsin.
The last county there to complete a recount demanded by Trump put the Democrat with 87 more votes than the Republican compared with initial unofficial results. In the final tally, Biden beat Trump by about 20,600 votes.
The Trump campaign must pay $3 million for the recount, under Wisconsin law.
“As we have said, the recount only served to reaffirm Joe Biden’s victory in Wisconsin,” Danielle Melfi, who led Biden’s campaign in Wisconsin, said in a statement.