OPINION: This article may contain commentary which reflects the author’s opinion.<\/p>\n
President Joe Biden has reportedly invited President-elect Donald Trump to the White House next week so they can discuss how a transition will look ahead of the January inauguration.<\/p>\n
Biden and Trump will meet on Wednesday at 11 a.m., according to the White House. Trump confirmed the meeting later on Saturday, while Biden said the transition would be \u201cpeaceful and orderly.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI will do my duty as president,\u201d Biden said Thursday, according to Just the News. \u201cI\u2019ll fulfill my oath, and I will honor the Constitution. On Jan. 20, we will have a peaceful transfer of power here in America.\u201d<\/p>\n
The invite comes after Trump not only defeated Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris but, in doing so, won all of the battleground states while helping Republicans win historic victories in statehouses around the country.<\/p>\n
Also, Republicans flipped the Senate back to GOP control and are on pace to keep the House, albeit with a still-small majority.<\/p>\n
Trump\u2019s resounding and equally historic victory \u2014 he becomes only the second president after Grover Cleveland in the late 1800\u2019s to win two non-consecutive terms \u2014 has led to some panic, finger-pointing, and name-calling within the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n
His massive victory likely signals the beginning of the end of influence over Democratic politics by aged leaders like former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.<\/p>\n
Pelosi, \u201cwho for decades reigned as kingmaker in her party, facing the prospect of having her status as a power player in the party unceremoniously stripped away on the back of\u201d Harris\u2019 defeat, the UK\u2019s DailyMail.com reports.<\/p>\n
The shocking decline occurs just months after her key involvement in efforts to push President Joe Biden out of the race.<\/p>\n
The 84-year-old Pelosi was visibly emotional during Harris\u2019s concession speech at Howard University on Wednesday and was seen engaged in a heated exchange with fellow Democratic insider and former DNC boss Donna Brazile, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n
As the blame game intensifies in the wake of the vice president\u2019s surprising defeat, Pelosi finds herself at the center of the accusations, DailyMail.com noted further.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe influences of a [Senate Majority Leader Chuck] Schumer or a Pelosi or a movie star or an Obama deciding to anoint somebody \u2013 those guys are gone,\u201d business investor and Shark Tank star Kevin O\u2019Leary said this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn four years, they won\u2019t have that kind of influence,\u201d he added in a thinly veiled reference to actor George Clooney, who famously and publicly called on Biden to end his reelection following a disastrous debate with Trump.
\nSome Republicans are directly attributing the significant Democratic losses\u2014from the top of the ticket to the Senate flipping red and the House still in contention\u2014specifically to Pelosi.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019ve got to blame Nancy Pelosi,\u201d former GOP House Speaker and fellow Californian Kevin McCarthy said during a Fox News interview this week.<\/p>\n
Pelosi has been widely recognized as a key figure in Biden\u2019s July decision to withdraw from the race just months before Election Day.<\/p>\n
McCarthy also stated that the effort constituted an attack on the democratic process, as primary voters across the country cast their ballots for Biden, only to see Harris emerge as their nominee.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoe Biden never should have ran for office. I knew it when I sat with him. There was something wrong with him,\u201d McCarthy said.<\/p>\n
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez fed into the irrational fear-mongering many in her Democratic Party have been using to denounce President-elect Donald Trump\u2019s massive victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, making irrational claims about entering a period of \u201cfascism\u201d and \u201cauthoritarianism.\u201d<\/p>\n
The New York Democrat posted a message to followers on her social media accounts when it became apparent that Trump would win Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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