当选总统乔·拜登周二致电总统唐纳德·特朗普拒绝承认“尴尬”
拜登在特拉华州威尔明顿对记者发表讲话时，首次评论特朗普不承认他的选举特尔说，“坦白地说，我只是觉得这很尴尬。这怎么能婉转的说呢?我认为这无助于总统的遗产。”
《美国广播公司新闻》的玛丽·布鲁斯问拜登是否与特朗普总统联系过。"如果他正在看，你会对他说什么?"她问道。
拜登咧嘴一笑，直接对着镜头说话。“总统先生，我期待着与你交谈，”他说。
拜登说:“我认为——到目前为止，从我与外国领导人的讨论中，我知道他们希望美国的民主制度再次被视为强大和持久的。”。
“但我认为，最终，你知道，一切都将在1月20日实现。他继续说道:“从现在到那时，我希望人们能够期望美国人民——知道并理解已经发生了转变，即使是那些投票给总统的共和党人也是如此。”。
乔纳森·恩斯特/路透社
当选总统乔·拜登在对众议员讲话时谈到保护《平价医疗法案》
“我理解失落感。我明白，但我认为大多数投票给总统的人，很多人都投了他的票，人数少得多，但很多人都投了他的票。我想他们明白我们必须走到一起。我认为他们已经准备好团结起来，我相信我们可以把这个国家从过去五年、六年、七年的痛苦政治中解救出来，”拜登再次呼吁团结。
这是拜登作为当选总统第一次回答记者的问题，目前拜登过渡团队和特朗普政府在拜登是否应该获得国会拨款和其他资源来进行过渡的问题上陷入僵局。
当被问及参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔(Mitch McConnell)当天早些时候暗示，在选举团下个月开会之前，他可能不会承认选举结果时，拜登说，这反映了一些面临总统压力的共和党人的立场。
“我认为，除了几个明显的例外，整个共和党都处于被现任总统轻度恐吓的境地。但一次只有一个总统。他是总统，”拜登说。“我们将让选举团——将在12月做出他们的判断。将于1月初公布。但与此同时，我希望能有机会和米奇谈谈。”
传统上，总务管理局(General Services Administration)或总务管理局(GSA)会认可一名明显赢得选举的候选人，允许获胜候选人的团队获得各种可用资源来帮助过渡进程，但迄今为止，特朗普在2017年任命的总务管理局(GSA)局长艾米丽·墨菲(Emily Murphy)尚未做出这样的决定。
然而，拜登对缺乏获取情报的渠道(《总统每日简报》)的担忧不予理会，因为总务管理局尚未确定他是当选总统，他说我们“一次只有一位总统”。
“好吧，听着，获取机密信息是有用的，但我无论如何也不能在这些问题上做出任何决定。就像我说的，一次一个总统，他会一直当到1月20日。拥有它会很好，但这并不重要，”拜登说。“如果他承认并说我们赢了，我们会做我们会做的事情，我们已经做到了。所以没有什么真正的改变。”
乔·雷德尔/盖蒂影像公司
当选总统乔·拜登就特朗普政府对特朗普的诉讼向媒体发表讲话
当被问及他的法律团队是否可以采取行动时，正如他的过渡团队所说的那样，冷静的拜登说，他认为没有必要这样做，并继续说“没有证据”表明选举中有任何违规行为。
“不，坦率地说，我认为没有必要采取法律行动，”拜登说。“你看到了事情的发展，看到了他正在采取的行动。到目前为止，没有证据表明总统或国务卿蓬佩奥的任何断言。”
当被问及国务卿迈克·蓬佩奥早些时候宣布将“平稳过渡到第二届特朗普政府”时，拜登再次无视任何担忧。
“嗯，首先，我们已经开始过渡了。我们进展顺利，”拜登说。“政府未能认识到这一点，无论如何也改变不了这一点——我们的胜利根本不会改变这一动态，也不会改变我们能够做的事情。”
“所以我有信心，他们不愿意承认我们在这一点上赢了，这一事实对我们的计划和我们从现在到1月20日能做的事情没有太大影响，”他补充说。
尽管没有得到总统和蓬佩奥的认可，几个著名的外国国家元首还是祝贺拜登当选，包括与加拿大、法国、德国、爱尔兰和英国的领导人通话。
“首先，我要让他们知道美国回来了，”拜登说。“我们在世界各地从我们的盟友和朋友那里得到的接待和欢迎是真实的。我还有很多其他电话要回。”
Biden calls Trump's refusal to concede 'an embarrassment'
President-electJoe Bidenon Tuesday called PresidentDonald Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment."
Speaking to reporters in Wilmington, Delaware, Biden, in his first comments on Trump not acknowledging hiselection, said, "I just think it's an embarrassment, quite frankly. How can I say this tactfully? I think it will not help the president's legacy."
ABC News' Mary Bruce asked Biden if he had reached out to President Trump. "And if he is watching right now, what would you say to him?" she asked.
Biden grinned widely and spoke directly to the camera. “Mr. President, I look forward to speaking with you," he said.
"I think that -- I know from my discussions with foreign leaders, thus far, that they are hopeful that the United States' democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong and enduring," Biden said.
"And -- but I think at the end of the day, you know, it's all going to come to fruition on January 20th. And between now and then, I hope an expectation is that the American people are -- do know and do understand that there has been a transition, even among Republicans who are people who voted for the president," he continued.
"I understand the sense of loss. I get that, but I think the majority of the people who voted for the president, a lot voted for him, a significantly smaller number, but a lot voted for him. I think they understand that we have to come together. I think they're ready to unite, and I believe we can pull the country out of this bitter politics that we've seen for the last -- last five, six, seven, years," Biden said, reverting to his call for unity.
It was the first time Biden has taken reporter questions as president-elect and comes amid a standoff between the Biden transition team and the Trump administration on whether Biden should have access to congressionally-appropriated funds, among other resources, to proceed with his transition.
Asked about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell suggesting earlier in the day that he may not recognize the outcome of the election until the Electoral College meets next month, Biden said it reflects the position of several Republicans who are facing pressure from the president.
“I think that the whole Republican party has been put in a position, with a few notable exceptions, of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president. But there's only one president at a time. He's president,” Biden said. “We're gonna have the Electoral College -- will be making their judgment in December. It will be announced in early January. But in the meantime, I hope to get a chance to speak to Mitch."
Traditionally, the General Services Administration or GSA would recognize a candidate that has clearly won the election, allowing the winning ticket's team to access a variety of resources available to aid the transition process, but so far, GSA Administrator Emily Murphy, who was appointed by Trump in 2017, has made no such determination.
Biden, however, brushed off concerns about lacking access to intelligence -- the President's Daily Brief -- as a result of the GSA not yet ascertaining him as president-elect, saying we have "one president at a time."
"Well, look, access to classified information is useful, but I'm not in a position to make any decisions on those issues anyway. As I said, one president at a time, and he will be president until January 20th. It would be nice to have it, but it's not critical," Biden said. "We're going to do exactly what we would be doing if he had conceded and said we won, which we have. And so there's nothing really changing."
Pressed on whether his legal team could take action, as his transition team has said they are considering, a calm Biden said he did not see a need for it, and went on to say there is "no evidence" of any irregularities in the election.
"No, I don't see a need for legal action, quite frankly," Biden said. "You're seeing it play out, the actions he's taking. And so far, there is no evidence of any of the assertions made by the president or Secretary of State Pompeo."
Asked about Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's earlier declaration that there would be a "smooth transition to a second Trump administration," Biden again brushed off any concerns.
"Well, first of all, we are already beginning the transition. We're well under way," Biden said. "And the ability for the administration in any way by failure to recognize this -- our win does not change the dynamic at all and what we're able to do."
"So I'm confident that the fact that they're not willing to acknowledge we won at this point is not of much consequence in our planning and what we're able to do between now and January 20th," he added.
Despite the lack of acknowledgement from the president and Pompeo, several notable foreign heads of state have congratulated Biden on the election including calls with leaders in Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
"First of all, I'm letting them know that America is back," Biden said. "The reception and welcome we've gotten around the world from our allies and our friends has been real. I have a number of other calls to return."
