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Laws and customs guide presidential transitions — but some go off the rails anyway
President Trump’s attacks on the election of Joe Biden are unprecedented, but bitterness over losing is nearly as old as the presidency.Since George Washington handed the keys to John Adams, the transfer of power between presidents has been complicated, sometimes spiteful and occasionally harrowing, but it has ultimately always been peaceful.After weeks of falsely claiming that he had won the election and a day after he incited a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, Trump said in a Jan. 7 video that he would work to ensure that the 2021 transition would be peaceful as well.Sure,...…President Trump’s attacks on the election of Joe Biden are unprecedented, but bitterness over losing is nearly as old as the presidency.Since George Washington handed the keys to John Adams, the transfer of power between presidents has been complicated, sometimes spiteful and occasionally harrowing, but it has ultimately always been peaceful.After weeks of falsely claiming that he had won the election and a day after he incited a mob of his supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol, Trump said in a Jan. 7 video that he would work to ensure that the 2021 transition would be peaceful as well.Sure,...WW…
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