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  • US President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to briefly acknowledge publicly for the first time that President elect Joe Biden won the election in a morning tweet.

  • Trump, who has seen golfing for the second day in a row, said quote he won because the election was rigged, referring to Biden as he repeated an allegation that has been debunked by election officials of both parties around the country who have said there is no evidence of major irregularities.

  • Trump later backtracked, however tweeting quote, I concede nothing.

  • Former vice president Biden defeated Trump by winning a Siris of battleground states that the Republican incumbent had one in 2016.

  • Whatever happens in the future, who knows?

  • Seeking to overturn the 2020 election results in several states.

  • The Trump campaign has filed a flurry of lawsuits, though without success, and legal experts have said the litigation stands little chance of altering the election's outcome.

  • President Trump.

  • Thus far, most Republican officials and lawmakers such as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have declined to recognize Biden as the president elect and have publicly backed Trump's attempt to contest the election results.

  • There's no legal basis.

  • There's no getting support from members of the Republican Party who are not challenging him.

  • President Barack Obama weighed in on Republican lawmakers support of the president in an interview with CBS Sunday morning, and that has been disappointing.

  • But it's been sort of par for the course during these four years.

  • They obviously didn't think there was any fraud going on because they didn't say anything about it for the first two days.

  • But there's damage to this.

  • Meanwhile, President elect Biden's top aide Ron Klain on Sunday called on the General Services Administration, headed by a Trump appointee, to formally recognize Biden as winner of the 2020 presidential election.

  • Ah, move that would allow the team to gain access to government office space and funding normally afforded to an incoming administration to ensure a smooth transition.

US President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to briefly acknowledge publicly for the first time that President elect Joe Biden won the election in a morning tweet.

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