The majority leader has cautiously navigated Biden’s electoral win as Trump challenged the results.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States for the first time on Tuesday, after declining to do so while President Donald Trump contested the election results.
“Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect,” the Kentucky Republican said. “The Electoral College has spoken. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
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On Tuesday, McConnell said Biden has “devoted himself to public service for many years” and congratulated Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for becoming the first woman elected vice president.
But McConnell was careful not to begin his comments Tuesday by congratulating Biden after Trump’s defeat in the Electoral College on Monday and in the Supreme Court last week. Trump has continued tweeting angrily about the election, falsely claiming on Tuesday that there are “tremendous problems being found with voting machines.”
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McConnell’s recognition of Biden came at the tail end of a long speech praising Trump’s accomplishments and after Senate Chaplain Barry Black recognized Biden and Harris as victors. McConnell called Trump an “outsider who swore he would shake up Washington and lead our country to new accomplishments both at home and abroad” and did “exactly that.”
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McConnell’s recognition of Biden came at the tail end of a long speech praising Trump’s accomplishments and after Senate Chaplain Barry Black recognized Biden and Harris as victors. McConnell called Trump an “outsider who swore he would shake up Washington and lead our country to new accomplishments both at home and abroad” and did “exactly that.”
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States for the first time this morning https://t.co/JtPojbupDQ
— POLITICO (@politico) December 15, 2020
Senate Chaplain Barry Black: "Lord, we respect the conclusions of the Electoral College and ask you to bless President-elect Joseph Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris." https://t.co/iP2qb4CPYo pic.twitter.com/JzjvjOzoAB
— The Hill (@thehill) December 15, 2020
Sen. Mitch McConnell: "The Electoral College has spoken, so today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden." pic.twitter.com/V9bFLUOIvt
— The Hill (@thehill) December 15, 2020
I can’t believe Hugo Chavez got to Mitch too. SMH. https://t.co/QiaACADeOn
— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) December 15, 2020
That moment when Mitch McConnell shanks you…
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) December 15, 2020
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