Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States for the first time this morning politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
"Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice-president elect," Mitch McConnell said this morning.
The recognition comes 38 days after the race was called and a day after the Electoral College officially clinched Biden's win. politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
The recognition comes 38 days after the race was called and a day after the Electoral College officially clinched Biden's win. politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
"Many millions of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result. But our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on Jan. 20," McConnell said politi.co/38a3V6m
For more than a month, only a small group of Republicans has been willing to say that Biden is the president-elect, despite a clear victory and massive barriers to overturning the election results. Now that's changing. politico.com/news/2020/12/1…
This afternoon, McConnell told reporters he didn't have any advice for President Trump regarding any legal avenues that may remain for the election.
"On the basis of the way the system works, the decision by the Electoral College yesterday was determinative," he said.
"On the basis of the way the system works, the decision by the Electoral College yesterday was determinative," he said.
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
