Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday acknowledged Joe Biden as the president-elect for the first time, a day after the Electoral College cast its votes to make Biden’s victory official.
“As of this this morning, our country has officially a President-elect and a Vice President-elect,” McConnell said Tuesday morning.
“The Electoral College has spoken,” McConnell continued, adding, “Today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
The Electoral College on Monday voted 306-232 for Biden over President Trump.
McConnell joins a growing group of Republican senators who have admitted the president’s defeat over the last several weeks, even as Trump himself has refused to concede the race and claimed he won a second term, alleging widespread voter fraud.