Biden adds Mayor Pete to his transition team.

[Mr.Bill]

https://news.yahoo.com/democrat-biden-adds-former-rival-185951619.html

Remember, on election day in 2016, Trump hadn't even thought about a transition team.

[Thekaspervote]

1. Great nab!! He's such a smart well spoken guy

[Walleye]

2. Joe has done more governing during his campaign then trump did in his whole time in the White House

[DonaldsRump]

4. I am beginning to feel so much better when I hear news like this! n/t

[EndlessWire]

34. He's one of my favorite people.

Called him Mayor Pete until I learned how to say his name. But, still want the Petey part...what would that be?

[a kennedy]

8. Damn right.

[dhill926]

25. I like the fact that he's acting like he's already...

prez. Show people who have forgotten, what it's like to have actual leadership again...

[mucifer]

3. Fun fact Pete's husband and Kamala's husband got to be good friends during the primary IF Biden wins

it will be so nice to see the executive branch not having people getting fired and quitting every effing day.

[a kennedy]

7. Love this.......

[mucifer]

12. Here is a fun interview with Dough, Chasten, Pete and Kamala

[Upthevibe]

57. mucifer....

That was fantastic! Thank you so much for posting. I feel heartened!

[SMC22307]

58. Excellent! I really want to see Pete, Chasten, Truman and Buddy in DC! (n/t)

[IcyPeas]

5. YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[a kennedy]

6. Yes, we love Mayor Pete, so smart, A VETERAN, GAY, just a fantastic human being.

[Blue Owl]

9. K&R

[Leghorn21]

10. YEAH BABY!!

It was SO great to see Pete on Fox yesterday - this is a *perfect* move by President Biden!!

[Arkansas Granny]

11. Mayor Pete will be an asset to President Biden's team. Intelligent and articulate.

[Deb]

13. Thank you VP Biden. Congrats Mayor Pete!

[Tanuki]

14. Trump re: transition planning: "Fuck the law!"

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/sep/27/this-guy-doesnt-know-anything-the-inside-story-of-trumps-shambolic-transition-team

.. Christie volunteered himself for the job: head of the Donald Trump presidential transition team. “It’s the next best thing to being president,” he told friends. “You get to plan the presidency.” He went to see Trump about it. Trump said he didn’t want a presidential transition team. Why did anyone need to plan anything before he actually became president? It’s legally required, said Christie. Trump asked where the money was going to come from to pay for the transition team. Christie explained that Trump could either pay for it himself or take it out of campaign funds. Trump didn’t want to pay for it himself. He didn’t want to take it out of campaign funds, either, but he agreed, grudgingly, that Christie should go ahead and raise a separate fund to pay for his transition team. “But not too much!” he said.
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The first time Trump paid attention to any of this was when he read about it in the newspaper. The story revealed that Trump’s very own transition team had raised several million dollars to pay the staff. The moment he saw it, Trump called Steve Bannon, the chief executive of his campaign, from his office on the 26th floor of Trump Tower, and told him to come immediately to his residence, many floors above. Bannon stepped off the elevator to find Christie seated on a sofa, being hollered at. Trump was apoplectic, yelling: You’re stealing my money! You’re stealing my fucking money! What the fuck is this?

Seeing Bannon, Trump turned on him and screamed: Why are you letting him steal my fucking money? Bannon and Christie together set out to explain to Trump federal law. Months before the election, the law said, the nominees of the two major parties were expected to prepare to take control of the government. The government supplied them with office space in downtown DC, along with computers and rubbish bins and so on, but the campaigns paid their people. To which Trump replied: Fuck the law. I don’t give a fuck about the law. I want my fucking money. Bannon and Christie tried to explain that Trump couldn’t have both his money and a transition.

Shut it down, said Trump. Shut down the transition.

Here Christie and Bannon parted ways. Neither thought it was a good idea to shut down the transition, but each had his own misgivings. Christie thought that Trump had little chance of running the government without a formal transition. Bannon wasn’t so sure if Trump would ever get his mind around running the federal government; he just thought it would look bad if Trump didn’t at least seem to prepare. Seeing that Trump wasn’t listening to Christie, he said: “What do you think Morning Joe will say if you shut down your transition?” What Morning Joe would say – or at least what Bannon thought it would say – was that Trump was closing his presidential transition office because he didn’t think he had any chance of being president.

Trump stopped hollering. For the first time he seemed to have listened.

“That makes sense,” he said.".. (more)

[Mr.Bill]

17. I remember reading an article in Vanity Fair sometime in 2017

about how after the election, all the people in the Cabinet departments expected the transition team to begin to work with them right after the election. This is what had always taken place. They said a month or so after the election they hadn't heard a word.

Then, IIRC, in early January, the Trump people started showing up at their offices. They would burst in the door, begin screaming at everyone and telling them they were all fired on January 20th. Some of them had been there through many administrations for both parties and they had never seen anything like it. The Trump people had not even the slightest interest in talking to any of them.

[SWBTATTReg]

15. Excellent. Certainly well qualified and definitely one who'll actually work too, compared to

the losers in trump's administration.

[handmade34]

16. Yes We Can!!

Build Back Better!!

[Mike Nelson]

18. Very cool...

Harris and Pete were two of my favorites for President... Biden and I have the same taste!

[CottonBear]

61. Harris and Mayor Pete were my faves too!

All of our Democratic candidates were excellent.

Kamala and Pete are stellar!

[PatrickforO]

19. Oh, I'm GLAD to hear this! Buttigieg is just the kind of mind he needs.

Good news.

[FM123]

20. This says as much about Joe as it does about Pete!

Love'em both!

[Lonestarblue]

21. I hope Biden includes some of the 2020 candidates in his administration.

My list would include Mayor Pete, Andrew Yang, Elizabeth Warren (IF we can get a Democrat as a replacement since Massachusetts has a Republican governor), and Cory Booker. I think Klobuchar is better in the Senate.

And I want him to choose an absolute Rottweiler as an Independent Counsel to investigate every crevice of the Trump administration and Trump’s personal ties to Putin and the Russian oligarchs/mafia. We need to know what secret intelligence he and Kushner have given to countries like Saudi Arabia in return for future real estate deals.

We need a really strong AG to also go after the current AG and at the least get him disbarred.

[Sedona]

31. Preet Bharara for AG

[onetexan]

40. OMG second that!! Preet B for USAG!!!

[CottonBear]

56. I would like Sally Yates to be AG!

She was an awesome Assistant AG, and she’s a fellow Georgia Democrat!

[gademocrat7]

22. Great news!

Congratulations, Mayor Pete.

[jorgevlorgan]

23. That's one out of probably several really smart decisions.

Somebody thoroughly competent with strong administrative skills is probably needed in that department.

[hibbing]

24. He's been a good advocate this far n/t

[TNNurse]

26. Of course Trump did not have a transition team,

he was and is clueless about the job.

[onetexan]

44. in deed, the whole Con was to win the presidency to line his pocket, NOT to govern

[Chemisse]

27. Good choice! n/t

[TeamPooka]

28. He might make a good WH Chief of Staff.

[The empressof all]

55. LOL....I didn't see your post

I had the same thought (below) GMTA!

[usaf-vet]

29. And it went downhill from there. Lies are not anyway to run a country. Idiots one and all.

[Politicub]

30. Yes! Onward!

[genxlib]

32. I have said all along

I would make him Cheif of Staff

[volstork]

33. Remember, on election day in 2016, Trump hadn't even thought about a transition team.

Still hasn't.

[lpbk2713]

35. Joe can start measuring for drapes in the Oval Office now.

I like the sound of that ... "transition team".

[Budi]

36. Damn! Check out the Team!! He'll need a big qualified team to take on the task he was left with.

Joe Biden's presidential campaign on Saturday added former Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg, along with senior officials who served under President Barack Obama, to an expanded White House transition team.

Biden added four new co-chairs to the team led by his longtime ally Ted Kaufman: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, former Obama economic adviser Jeffrey Zients, Louisiana Representative Cedric Richmond and his campaign adviser Anita Dunn.

He also named Buttigieg, a military veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to the advisory board, together with former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, and Susan Rice, national security adviser to Obama who was on the shortlist to be Biden's running mate.
.......more

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN25W0VJ

Smart man, that Joe Biden! We are damn lucky to have him ...Build America back & better 💙.
He is on it!

[onetexan]

42. He chooses "only the best people"... in this case they ARE THE BEST PEOPLE!!

Bonafide BEST Smart, highly capable and clean as a whistle!!

[Cha]

37. Yee HAW!! This is Brilliant News!! Snip from article! Sally Yates & Susan RIce!

He also named Buttigieg, a military veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, to the advisory board, together with former deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, and Susan Rice, national security adviser to Obama who was on the shortlist to be Biden's running mate.

[onetexan]

38. Whoa, quite a team! Mayor Pete for Chief of Staff, & Susan for SoS, & Sally for DHS, & Preet for AG!

Aloha Cha!! i was so excited i didn't even notice it was your posting till now

[Cha]

45. Aloha, onetexan! IKR.. Joe Biden is getting together

a Team of Brilliant minds & Caring People.. after the last four years it's practically mind blowing!

[onetexan]

49. in deed, a fully functioning government with REAL LEADERS!!

Can't wait!! Biden/Harris in November!!

[Deuxcents]

39. Great news

Can’t wait for this election n have hope again.

[bucolic_frolic]

41. I feel like Mayor Pete can solve anything

They should listen to him at least twice a week.

[onetexan]

50. he's a genius. All those languages? He'd be amazing in any role, but i'm hoping Chief of Staff or

some top foreign service role. So happy he's on board. I'm hoping Beto, Yang, Amy, Tammy, etc. w/ be added as well.

[bluestarone]

43. THUMBS UP!!!!

[trof]

46. Biden has a deep bench to choose from.

[Joinfortmill]

47. Thank you

[BootinUp]

48. Smart pick

[Brother Buzz]

51. He's as sharp as a tack, can think on his feet, and takes NO shit

He could step up as a spokesman right now. Here he is in action just yesterday!

[oregonjen]

60. Thanks for posting this!

Yep, he didn’t take any 💩!!

[alittlelark]

63. Thank You for posting that Great interview !!!

I would likely not have seen it otherwise.

[Chipper Chat]

52. 5 stars

*****

[GeorgiaPeanut]

53. We have so many smart people like Mayor Pete on our side

I am very proud of our party.

[The empressof all]

54. He would make a great Chief of Staff...

As a mayor he is experienced in managing multiple systems. I would imagine he would be a diplomatic yet firm presence in the West Wing.

[LakeArenal]

59. I love Pete... seriously tho, there were a lot of great names announced today as well.

[Upthevibe]

62. VERY COOL!

So happy to hear that Mayor Pete is on the team...

[UpInArms]

64. During the debates, all I could think was

The entire group (mostly) would make an excellent cabinet

[sellitman]

65. I'd love for him to tap Rep Joe Kennedy from Mass.

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That would be sweet.