A Non-Transfer of Power

<p>Maggie Haberman on why the traditional transfer of power is not happening this year, and the implications of that delay. </p><p>Guest: Maggie Haberman, a White House correspondent for The New York Times </p><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank">nytimes.com/thedaily </a></p><p><br /></p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Days after President-elect<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/07/us/politics/biden-election.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Joseph R. Biden Jr. was declared the winner</a> of the election, President Trump has still refused to concede.</li><li>Advisers to the president say<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/us/politics/trump-future.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Mr. Trump is seeing how far he can push his case</a> and ensure the continued support of his Republican base.</li><li>A number of leading<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/republicans-trump-concede-2020-election.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> Republicans have rallied around the president</a>, declining to challenge the false narrative that it was stolen from him. Instead,<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/politics/republicans-trump-concede.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> senators have tiptoed around the reality of Mr. Trump’s loss</a>, and the<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/politics/voting-fraud.html?smid=pc-thedaily" target="_blank"> lack of evidence to suggest widespread election fraud</a> or improprieties that could reverse that result.</li></ul><p><br /></p>