Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and referred to them as the president-elect and vice president-elect for the first time a few moments ago on the Senate floor:
MCCONNELL congratulates Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as president-elect and vice president-elect.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 15, 2020
“The Electoral College has spoken”:
McConnell says Americans can be proud of having the first female vice-president elect; says the Electoral College has spoken.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 15, 2020
Before formally declaring Joe Biden the president-elect, Sen. McConnell did spend some time going over the Trump administration’s accomplishments:
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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.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) December 15, 2020
But to former Hillary Clinton spox Jesse Ferguson, this was a chance to play the Russia card. AGAIN:
Weird. So #MoscowMitch waited for permission from Putin this morning and then made his announcement?
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) December 15, 2020
He’s referring to this news story from early this morning:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the U.S. presidential election after weeks of holding out. The Kremlin maintained Putin was holding off on doing so until the election results were officially confirmed. https://t.co/8Uke5RWyem
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 15, 2020
For all the pundits calling out Trump supporters for saying this was a rigged election, it’s Dems who have never let go of the 2016 hoax that Russia decided it for President Trump. They’re never going to let this go and we’re just going to have to live with the fact that a number of voters, on both sides, do not trust that the elections were held fairly:
American elections should be decided by the American people, not by the Russian Government. Retweet if you agree!
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) January 14, 2020
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