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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell officially acknowledges Joe Biden as president-elect

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From the Senate floor in the US Capitol, McConnell said Tuesday that "as of this morning, our country officially has a president-elect and a vice president-elect." The statement came six weeks after the election and a day after the Electoral College confirmed Biden's victory.

From the Senate floor in the US Capitol, McConnell said Tuesday that "as of this morning, our country officially has a president-elect and a vice president-elect." The statement came six weeks after the election and a day after the Electoral College confirmed Biden's victory.

  1. 15 Dec 2020

    BREAKING: Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell acknowledges Joe Biden is president-elect, says the Electoral College "has spoken."

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  2. 15 Dec 2020

    BREAKING: Senate Majority Leader McConnell: "The Electoral College has spoken ... Today, I want to congratulate President-elect Biden."

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  3. 15 Dec 2020

    Breaking: @senatemajldr has just congratulated President-Elect & VP-elect @SenKamalaHarris on Senate floor: “Our country has officially a President-elect & a Vice President-elect..The Electoral College has spoken...Today, I want to congratulate Pres-elect Joe Biden."

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  4. 15 Dec 2020

    .@senatemajldr: Our country officially has a President elect and a Vice President elect

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  5. 15 Dec 2020

    McConnell: "I also want to congratulate the vice president-elect, our colleague from California, Senator Harris. Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time."

    McConnell: "The Electoral College has spoken," so "I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden"
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  6. 15 Dec 2020

    McConnell's prelude to conceding Biden's win credited Trump with numerous accomplishments — from the approval of a COVID vaccine in record time to economic prosperity prior to the pandemic, etc.

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  7. 15 Dec 2020

    Trump has no path to successfully challenging the results in either chamber. Democratic House will not block Democratic electors; and McConnell's remarks shut down the other side of the Capitol on Trump's pursuit of another term.

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  8. 15 Dec 2020

    Republican leader of US Senate Mitch McConnell congratulates Biden on election win

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  9. 14 Dec 2020

    On Monday, the Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected the Trump campaign's election lawsuit which sought to overturn his loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

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  10. 3 Nov 2020

    Mitch McConnell has been re-elected for a seventh term in the US Senate by defeating Democratic challenger Amy McGrath, according to AP and NBC projections.

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