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Trump-Biden transition updates: At least 20 arrested, 1 stabbed at DC protests
The event was largely peaceful, but grew violent after crowds thinned at night.
President-elect Joe Biden is moving forward with transition plans, capping a tumultuous and tension-filled campaign during a historic pandemic against President Donald Trump, who still refuses to concede the election one week after Biden was projected as the winner of the presidential race.
Trump has largely hunkered down inside the White House since the election, but on Saturday his motorcade drove drove past supporters gathered to rally in Washington, D.C., on his way to play golf.
Biden, meanwhile, is pressing forward, meeting with transition advisers in Delaware and calling Trump's refusal to concede "an embarrassment."
The Biden transition team and the Trump administration are in a standoff over whether Biden should be granted access to federal resources allocated for the transition of power. The General Services Administration, headed by a Trump appointee, has yet to officially recognize Biden as the victor in the election, preventing Biden's team from gaining full access to government funds and security information.
But a growing number of Republican senators are calling on the administration to start giving Biden classified intelligence briefings, a sign that support for Trump's refusal to concede the election may be waning among his allies on Capitol Hill.
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Trump supporters gather outside president's golf club
A small crowd of Trump supporters have gathered outside the Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, according to a pool report.
About 30 supporters were on the sidewalk outside the club Saturday afternoon, waving flags and banners, the report said. One person had a handwritten "Stop the steal" sign."
Trump was seen arriving at the golf club earlier on Saturday, where he was met by protesters rallying against him.
Biden pens letter to fellow Delawareans
One week after addressing the nation for the first time as president-elect from Wilmington, Delaware, Joe Biden has penned an open letter to his home state published by the Delaware News Journal, thanking its denizens for helping him get to the Oval Office after nearly 50 years in public life.
“This election was won by bringing Americans from all walks of life together. It was won because of the hard work and faith of so many people across this country. It was won with a promise to restore the soul of this nation and build back better than ever. However, we never could have done it without you -- without Delaware,” Biden wrote in the letter, which the publication said it asked him to write.
As he often did on the trail, Biden spoke about the values he learned growing up, and the president-elect offered the same unity pitch he delivered last week.
“Our country has never needed the values I learned here in Delaware more. That’s why, although I am a proud Democrat, I promise you, I will be an American President, and work as hard for those who didn’t vote for me, as those who did,” he said.
-ABC News' Molly Nagle
Biden out for a bike ride as Trump goes golfing
As pro-Trump protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, President-elect Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, went out for a bike ride in Delaware's Cape Henlopen State Park.
On Thursday, Biden traveled from Wilmington to Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where the Bidens own a vacation home and where he has continued meeting with transition advisers, according to the Biden campaign.
Meanwhile, Trump was seen arriving at Trump National Golf Club in Virginia, met by protesters rallying against him.
Protesters gather in DC for day of demonstrations
Pro-Trump protesters were seen gathering in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, cheering Trump's motorcade as it passed. The president on Friday had teased an appearance at planned demonstrations.
Trump was spotted in golfing attire, waving from the motorcade as enthusiastic supporters chanted "USA."
Supporters also waved Trump flags and carried signs, chanting “Four More Years” and “Stop the Fraud.”
Demonstrators protesting Trump were also seen gathered at Trump National Golf Club as the president's motorcade arrived.