Six weeks after Election Day, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States for the first time.
A day after electors confirmed their votes in 50 states and Washington D.C., McConnell noted that “the Electoral College has spoken.”
“I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” McConnell said. “The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He has devoted himself to public. service for many years. I also want to congratulate the vice president-elect, our colleague from California Sen. (Kamala) Harris. Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time.”
McConnell, who had congratulated Donald Trump a day after the 2016 election, had refused to acknowledge Biden’s win until Tuesday.
The Kentucky Republican noted the many hoped for a different outcome.
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Since his loss, President Trump has made baseless claims of election fraud and filed more than 40 failed lawsuits.
Biden defeated Trump in the Electoral College by a vote of 306-to-232. He also won the popular vote by more than 7 million ballots.
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“…Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time.”
Oh, how the mighty have fallen!
I’m old enough to recall things America could take pride in being proud of. This statement by Mitch is an insult to our once GREAT Republic.
This woman was not picked for her accomplishments. She was chosen because she had the intersectional credentials of victimhood….and the money.
And she slept with her boss. [her major qualification.]
She’s not known as heels up headboard harris for nothing.
Doesn’t he mean, WE CAN STAND BACK IN HORROR, that harris will be VP (and soon afterwards president!)
“Heels-up Harris”
His Chinese wife made him say it.
i just sent him a very scathing email letting him and his rinos know just how pizzed we are about this lack of support for
president trump and we the people.
even ray charles could see this was a rigged election and the spineless feckless un-interested gop turned its back on america.
Mitch the ***** McConnell is a night crawler!!
…and a Quisling.
Casper Milquetoast has spoken. It appears nature has been unkind to him leaving him without male tools
With a few notable exceptions, GOP support for the strongest president since Lincoln (IMHO) has been tepid, timid, reticent, and flimsy. I’d like to turn the party over to McConnell, Romney, Kasich, and their ilk and join a new party “for the rest of us”.
The GOP establishment and Dem establishment are now both chock full of globalists and crony capitalists. The parties are almost the same except that the GOP is not (yet) infested with so many socialists.
Trump, and only Trump could start a new party a la Brexit and draw 10s of millions of Democrats as well as Republicans to that new party. I’d love to see the reaction of the Dems and GOP elders when a tidal wave of re-registrations to that new party hits their membership roles.
Trump can choose the name of the new “party for the rest of us” — he’s good at that. I sure hope he’s considering it.
He’ll probably just have his flunkies DELETE that email… LIKE THEY DO WITH 99% of the rest of them.
Quisling.
Typical of a Republican in Name Only. Back to the status quo, of the deep swamp and their support of the Biden Crime Family and the communist Democrat party of America, right Mitch?
Biden did not win fairly! If we let this stand, the Republic is GONE.
The way its looking, ITS ALREADY gone.. Whether we let it STAY that way, is another matter.
I think the old fool is way ahead of himself, simple little fact, congress has not accepted, and will not until Jan 6th, I think, there are multiple states who have produced “duel” electors, by law, that must be sorted out. Also do not forget the EO President Trump did in 2018 and a REPORT DUE from the DNI by the 18th, IF that report is provided to Trump and IF it proves much of what is being said, we may have a whole new ballgame. All things seem to be leaning toward slojoe, BUT, have you noticed the leftist lap dog media have started going after old joe, there are 4 different investigations going on, (big issue, have been going on or hidden) the depth of corruption of the whole family, including the “Dr.” is going to come out. Top that with the well known fact, old slojoe was never intended to be president for any length of time anyway, it was always intended to go to “heels up harris” as she is a moldable puppet.
Right now, the only thing trump has left, to win it, is to invoke the insurrection act. WHETHER HE DOES SO, though, is another matter.
If, God forbid, biden gets inaugurated instead of indicted then his “Presidency” will be short lived; likely to be measured in days instead of terms. He’ll suddenly have another stroke and this time be incapacitated; leaving our former Constitutional Republic in the hands of the OWG acting through their puppet – heels-up harris.
WITH piglosi as the new vp!
It will take Biden 25 months to get sick.
If he serves less than two years Harris can only run as for president one time. She can only serve a maximum of 10 total. So she can serve out his last two years and still be eligible to run twice.
SHE covets power, so i think she wants to get rid of joe, as soon as possible, and hasn’t THOUGHT of that.
Fraudulent election! The evidence is everywhere. The Rino’s are happy we are heading for Communism, full steam ahead!
CAUSE they think thye’ll be immune from the purging.
The electoral college only voted the way they did based on the illegal, fraudulent, and illegitimate results of votes counted.
Don’t forget, Intimidation, bullying and down right threats..
As far as I am concerned, with Joe Biden and Kamala Harris receiving enough illegitimate electoral votes to win the 2020 election, today is a day of infamy as a result of the validation of the greatest election ever stolen. Of course, it is common knowledge that JFK managed to beat Nixon in 1960 with the help of the Democrat party machine in Chicago but at least Kennedy always knew what political office he was seeking and could at least tell his wife from one of his sisters. However, Biden’s illegitimate win mocks the integrity of our election process and will put the nation’s Executive Branch under the control of an imposter who definitely appears to lack the cognitive ability to lead the most powerful nation in the world.
Ah… Joe Biden: Our Commander-in-THIEF!
If you Democrats think your accusations that George W. Bush wasn’t legitimate (because the SCOTUS stopped Florida from stealing THAT election), you haven’t seen ANYTHING yet!
Joe Biden IS NOT my president (and Kamala Harris will, likewise, NEVER be a legitimate president when Joe steps [or gets PUSHED] aside)!
After Barack Obama was elected, Michelle said she was (for the first time) PROUD of this country… Well after THIS 3rd world SHAM of an election, I CANNOT be proud of this country!
If you RINOs/Country Club Republicans think we Trump supporters can’t wait until 2022, to put Republicans back in control: you’ve got another thing coming!
Based on your LACK of support (and backbone) for the integrity of THIS election, you have EARNED me NEVER voting for a Republican again (at least for any of YOU losers)!
I just hope, IF Trump has the balls to invoke the insurrection act. MITCH IS ALSO on the list of those to get rounded up, and sent to Gitmo..
Has anyone told Mitch that the Demonrat party STOLE this election and has forced the biggest pair of dung beetles on America ? Now we have a crook and a hooker representing the party of racism , lies and just plain hatred of America.
IMO this traitor in wolf’s clothing, FULLY IS OK With the left stealing things… AT least with Trump out of the way, Mitch and the rest of the traitors in the GOP, can go back to business as usual… THEY GET RICH, while we suffer.
Not surprised to hear this from a member of the Republican Establishment. They may not realize it now but their party is a dead man walking. There are big changes on the horizon.
“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.”
“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking.”
– General George S. Patton Jr.
“I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this — who will count the votes, and how.” – said by another Joe
YEA. Stalin!!!
And after seeing how this election was LITERALLY STOLEN right in our faces, truer words were never spoken!!
Trump didn’t let us down. It was the GOP who let us all down. They barely supported this president.
Mitch McConnell: “The Electoral College Has Spoken”….
Translation: “I don’t want to make too many waves, otherwise I won’t get invited to the best parties and let in on all the sweetheart deals to get even richer”.
McConnell is looking forward to not having to do any work again. He will be back to cow towing to the demonrats and kissing their a@@es! How horrible that President Trump made the Republicans in Congress actually work for the people!
McConnell, no one should be proud of ANYONE based solely on them being born male or female and skin color! Biden and Harris have done nothing in their lives that they can be proud of. They are evil!
But, but, but, Time Magazine named them Person of the Year!? Even before taking office….
He will never be my president! When I think of him I think of a phony who cheated his way into the office. His theme song should have the title of an old Platters song, “The Great Pretender.”
The GOP has stabbed us in the back time and time again. We had a bright spot in Donald Trump, someone fighting for us. But they killed him, just like Brutus and Cassius murdered Julius Caesar.
Which is why when trump acts, and starts the mass arrests, EVERYONE OF THOSE RINOS need to be included…