After Thirty-eight days of refusing to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden in his election victory and supporting President Trump's claim of potential voter fraud in the Nov. 3 vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel has recognized Biden as the next president of the United States.
McConnell said on the Senate floor that although he hoped President Trump came out victorious in the election, Monday's confirmation of the electoral college results forced the Republican senator to move on and accept the outcome.
“Our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on January 20. The Electoral College has spoken,” McConnell said, adding, "Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time.”
Biden later spoke to the senator on a phone call, vowing to work alongside each other despite having ideological differences.
"We’ve always been straight with one another, and we agreed we’d get together sooner than later,” Biden said.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham fell short of fully acknowledging Biden as the victor, only responding with a "yeah" when asked by a reporter if he accepted the outcome of Monday's result confirmation by electors.
The hard-core Trump ally, while disgruntledly accepting Biden's victor, went on to say that Trump had a "very, very narrow path" of over turning the results, although, he couldn't "See how it gets there from here."
Meanwhile, President Trump continues to tweet his unfounded claims of voter fraud and refuses to concede despite previously pledging to do so following the outcome of Monday's election certification.
By: Niza Nondo
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