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Al Sharpton says he told Biden and Harris today that his preference is to have a Black attorney general and "the least we could have is someone who has a proven civil rights background." — PolitiTweet.org
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National Urban League's Marc Morial says the hour and 45 minutes meeting with 7 civil rights groups this afternoon was "the most important meeting that the president-elect and the vice president-elect have held" since being elected. — PolitiTweet.org
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During their meeting with Biden and Harris today, the NAACP asked for the creation of a National Advisor on Racial Justice, Equity and Advancement https://t.co/6n00gOmZQp — PolitiTweet.org
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There is no front runner at this point for Biden's labor secretary pick, a person familiar says amid reporting that there is one. — PolitiTweet.org
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he's running — PolitiTweet.org
Dave Weigel @daveweigel
In addition to tweeting "folks" and "Waukesha County," I sometimes like to say correct things about politics. https://t.co/MyUiShjVvs
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@justinsink @vmsalama shot shots shots shots shots — PolitiTweet.org
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Murthy:"The truth is that the very best policies and even the best vaccines and treatments will not heal our nation unless we also overcome the fear, anxiety, anger & distrust that so many Americans are feeling right now. So more than anything, I will come to this role as a dr." — PolitiTweet.org
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"This is the toughest challenges America's ever faced -- one of the toughest, but we know that we can overcome and heal together as one nation," Biden says. — PolitiTweet.org
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"By now, Tony -- Dr. Fauci -- needs no introduction," Biden says. "Dr. Fauci is trusted, a truth-teller, a patriot. Like every good doctor, he'll tell me what I need to know, not what I want to know." — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden says he's chosen Vivek Murthy to serve as surgeon general again "but with expanded responsibilities. He will be a key public voice on the covid response to restore public trust and faith in science and medicine." He tells Murthy: "when you speak, people listen." — PolitiTweet.org
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"It should be a national priority to get our kids back into school and keep them in school," Biden says. If Congress provides funding and localities put measures in place "then my team will work to see that a majority of our schools can be opened by the end of my first 100 days." — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden promises at least 100 million shots in the arms of Americans in the first 100 days of his administration. — PolitiTweet.org
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"My first 100 days won't end the Covid-19 virus. I can't promise that," Biden says. But "I'm absolutely convinced that in 100 days we can change the course of the disease and change life in America for the better" by requiring masks wherever possible and urging people wear them. — PolitiTweet.org
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"It's a team of world-class experts at the top of their fields, crisis tested, defined by a deep sense of duty, honor and patriotism," Biden says of the people he's picked for his health team. — PolitiTweet.org
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"As a country we've been living with this pandemic for so long we're at risk of becoming numb to its toll on all of us," Biden says as he prepares to introduce members of his health team. — PolitiTweet.org
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RT @josh_wingrove: Trump just announced a batch of appointments, including: * Elaine Chao (the current Transport Secretary, to the Kennedy… — PolitiTweet.org
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Ohio Rep. Marcia Fudge will be in the Biden cabinet, Rep. Clyburn said on Morning Joe. “Look for her to be in the cabinet. It may not be at agriculture but she will be nominated to be in the cabinet.” — PolitiTweet.org
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Cedric Richmond says at WSJ CEO Council event he’s looking at establishing “a position that reaches out to conservatives” in the White House Office of Public Engagement. — PolitiTweet.org
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Transition clarifies timing, sounds like AG isn’t this week: “President-elect Biden will announce additional members of his cabinet before Christmas, including his nominee for Secretary of Defense and members of his economic and domestic cabinet before the end of this week." — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden suggested this afternoon that his picks for defense secretary and attorney general are coming this week. Clyburn said he didn’t know who Biden was considering for AG before eventually mentioning Doug Jones. He wasn’t asked about defense. — PolitiTweet.org
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Clyburn says on CNN this of Biden’s cabinet: “I think we’ll see several other people of color announced this week and next.” He declined to specify names or jobs. — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden tells reporters in Delaware he will announce his defense secretary pick on Friday, per @josh_wingrove. He also said his attorney general selection is coming this week. — PolitiTweet.org
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NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who's meeting with Biden and Harris tomorrow, told me the selection of Tom Vilsack for ag sec “would be questionable to say the least and highly concerning," citing Shirley Sherrod case and treatment of Black farmers. https://t.co/44vqueIssE — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden and Harris will introduce the first seven members of their health team tomorrow afternoon at an event in Delaware, transition says. Those picks, again, are: https://t.co/KKmq9DGKbt — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden picked Becerra because he fought for ACA’s passage and to defend it as California AG, but he’s also worked across party lines on health issues like leading a coalition of AGs with Louisiana’s urging federal aid in access to Remdesivir. https://t.co/DwqnamibtH — PolitiTweet.org
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Biden has a great deal of respect for Gov. Lujan Grisham and considered her for a series of jobs but she ultimately decided it was best to stay in her role as NM amid covid spike there and with DGA chair on the horizon in 2021, person familiar says. https://t.co/DwqnamibtH — PolitiTweet.org
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The Biden transition and Michelle Lujan Grisham herself now say she will not be joining the admin. H/t @jmartnyt https://t.co/bBuButw8p7 — PolitiTweet.org
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“It’s very exciting for us to see a Hispanic chosen for such an important position at such a critically important time,” @JMurguia_Unidos told me tonight. CHC kept pushing Lujan Grisham even after the Biden team made clear they didn’t want her for HHS. https://t.co/DwqnamibtH — PolitiTweet.org
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Becerra would be the first Latino to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. Comes at a time when people of color are disproportionately hit by covid and after Trump admin’s HHS was caring for Central American kids who it separated from parents. https://t.co/DwqnamibtH — PolitiTweet.org
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