‘Electoral College Has Spoken’: McConnell Belatedly Congratulates Biden On Win

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pictured at the Capitol on Friday, acknowledged Joe Biden as president-elect in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday for the first time since the election.

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The comments also come more than a month after election results showed the Democratic win. Several moderate members of the party had already congratulated the president in those first days and weeks, with more members joining them in recent days.

McConnell also took the opportunity on the floor to recognize Harris’ historic win as the next vice president.

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


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McConnell made the remarks at the tail end of a speech on the Senate floor acknowledging all of Trump’s accomplishments over the last four years, from new judges to progress building a wall along the Mexico-U.S. border to gains for the military.

«The list of American accomplishments since 2016 is nearly endless,» McConnell said. «It would take far more than one speech to catalogue all the major wins the Trump administration has helped deliver for the American people.»

McConnell also closed out his remarks that it was time to end the Trump administration on a positive, bipartisan note.

«I look forward to finishing out the next 36 days strong with President Trump,» he said.

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