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Biden Calls Trump's Delay Tactics 'Outrageous'

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden assailed the president
   Thursday for refusing to concede the November 3 election and preventing
   his transition team from accessing key government information about the
   coronavirus pandemic.

   "It's hard to fathom how this man thinks," Biden said of President
   Donald Trump. "I'm confident he knows he hasn't won; he's not going to
   be able to win, and we're going to be sworn in on January 20th. Far
   from me to question his motive. It's just outrageous what he's doing."

   Biden spoke to reporters after meeting over a video link with 10
   governors from both the Democratic and Republican parties.

   The former vice president noted that hospitals across the country are
   seeing a surge of COVID-19 cases ahead of the Thanksgiving and
   Christmas holidays, putting "huge pressure" on medical facilities and
   health care workers and "taking a massive, massive new toll on your
   economy."

   Biden told the executive leadership of the National Governors
   Association: "You need help, and I want you to know I will be your
   partner in the White House."

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