The U.S. has a long history of candidates conceding when results are decisive. Or … it had a long history. POLITICO’s Nancy Cook breaks down why Trump is refusing to accept reality while much of the world already has — and why it could spell trouble for President-Elect Biden’s transition. Plus, two Republican senators from Georgia are calling on the state’s GOP secretary of state to resign. And the State Department’s representative of Syria and ISIS steps down.

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