Thread by @rgoodlaw

<thread> 2000 is a false precedent

@GSAEmily is claiming that the GSA delay in 2000 is a "precedent" for her inaction today (per CNN reporting).

Listen to the GSA administrator from 2000 (David J. Barram) explain why the two situations are "dramatically different."

2. In the same interview, former GSA administrator Barram explains that he delayed in year 2000 because the AP — what he calls “the gold standard of who calls it” — had not called the race.

That’s obviously also completely different in 2020.

Audio of that part of the interview:

3. To add an even stronger point to this, note that in year 2000, the AP NEVER called the race.👇

In contrast: In 2020, the AP has called the race six ways from Sunday (was first, with Fox News, to call AZ; long ago called PA and the race for Biden).

apnews.com/article/ap-exp…

4. Here's the key text from David Barram interview with @DavidMarchick (via @publicservice).

And here's the link to full interview (on Nov. 9, 2020): presidentialtransition.org/blog/declaring…

5/5 As a final note about our current state of public affairs.

There's one other poignant difference between 2000 and 2020. Barram explains that he felt no pressure "in any way" from the White House; "that hands off behavior they did was how it should work."