New - US State Department urges UK/EU to stay within “existing mechanisms” of #Brexit#NorthernIreland protocol ahead of key announcement by Boris Johnson tomorrow @StateDeptSpox
“It's something that we are watching" says US State Department on UK announcement on #NorthernIreland protocol. "We encourage them to negotiate within the existing mechanisms when differences do arise.”
“We’ve consistently said that we welcome the provisions in both the trade and cooperation agreement and the Northern Ireland protocol between the UK and the European Union which importantly protect the gains of the Belfast/ Good Friday Agreement" - @StateDeptSpox@StateDept
*Update* - more reaction from #Biden administration today on announcement by London on #NorthernIreland protocol.
@StateDeptSpox reiterates that parties should negotiate “within existing mechanisms” and avoid unilateral action
“President #Biden has been nothing but unequivocal in his support for the Belfast and the Good Friday Agreement, which was an historic agreement at the time, remains significant and incredibly important" says @nedprice on #NorthernIreland protocol
“We support a close relationship between the UK and the EU and between all communities in Northern Ireland as well, and we continue to encourage the parties to negotiate within existing mechanisms and to avoid unilateral actions" - US State Department
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NEW - White House Press Secretary on violence in #NorthernIreland
“We are concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland and we join the British,Irish and Northern Irish leaders in their call for calm.”
“We remain steadfast supporters of a secure + prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard won peace.”
"We welcome the provisions in both the EU-UK trade and cooperation agreement and the #NorthernIreland protocol which help protect the gains of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement" says @PressSec Jen Psaki
At the Davidson County Courthouse in North Carolina where the bond hearing for Molly and Tom Martens in the #JasonCorbett murder case is scheduled to take place this afternoon
Adjoining jail where it is understood Molly Martens and her father Tom are being detained ahead of today’s hearing #JasonCorbett
NEW - Molly Martens and her father Thomas have been granted release on bail with a bond of $200,000 - also banned from any contact with #JasonCorbett family
#Trump drove around Freedom Plaza in Washington DC earlier en route to his golf course. Thousands of his supporters have gathered in downtown Washington
#Trump supporters are continuing to stream into downtown Washington DC, many holding signs alleging the election has been “stolen” #Election2020#BidenTransition
"If you had a different administration with different people what we’ve done in my opinion would have taken three, four, five years.. and it would have been at the FDA forever" #Trump declares at first press conference since his election defeat...#coronavirus#BidenTransition
Writing in tomorrow’s @IrishTimes - #JoeBiden may have won the election decisively but it was by no means a landslide... #Biden won by more than 5 million votes but…
by comparison, #Obama won the popular vote by 9.5 million votes in 2008 while Ronald Reagan by 16.9 million in 1980 - on much lower turnout. #Election2020#BidenTransition#Democrats
Former President of Ireland and chair of @TheElders, Mary Robinson, describes President #Trump's refusal to accept result of the election as "shocking"
"President Trump’s refusal thus far to facilitate a smooth transition weakens democratic values. His fellow Republicans must...
...now affirm their faith in the US Constitution, democratic institutions and the rule of law, so the country can begin a process of reconciliation.”
"The continued assertions of electoral fraud by the President and some senior members of the Administration and of the Republican Party, offered as yet without any compelling evidence, convey a lack of respect for the integrity and independence of the democratic...