Mitch McConnell congratulates Joe Biden, Kamala Harris for election win
Joe Biden as the president-elect for the first time Tuesday, one day after the Democratic ticket sealed an Electoral College victory.
“The Electoral College has spoken,” McConnell said during a speech on the Senate floor in which he also praised President Donald Trump’s accomplishments. McConnell said he wanted to “congratulate President-elect Joe Biden” and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.
“The President-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He has devoted himself to public service for many years,” McConnell said of Biden.
Noting Harris’ historic win as the first female vice president, McConnell said, “beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president for the very first time.”
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Following Monday’s Electoral College vote again certifying Biden’s victory, Republican lawmakers have slowly started to accept Biden as president-elect, though some lawmakers said they wanted to wait for the completion of litigation or for Congress to certify the Electoral College results on Jan. 6. A group of House Republicans led by Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., has said they plan to challenge the results in an effort unlikely to change the outcome.
Biden in a Monday night speech reaffirmed his victory and denounced Trump’s baseless claims of fraud, saying it was “time to turn the page as we’ve done throughout our history.”