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McConnell acknowledges Biden, Harris as election winners

By Madison Parry

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President-elect in a Tuesday Senate meeting. McConnell made the announcement following this week’s Electoral College confirming Biden’s win.

On the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the 2020 Presidential and Vice-Presidential winners.

McConnell made a congratulatory announcement to the pair following a Monday vote from the Electoral College confirming their win.

Despite McConnell’s Senate floor announcement, a number of Senate Republicans remain firm in their belief that the election is not over, as Trump himself has not conceded.

However, some GOP Congress members hinted a willingness to accept a Biden win following the Electoral College vote carried out this week.

Senate Rules Chairman and U.S. Senator for Missouri, Roy Blunt, said there will soon be a meeting to discuss the ceremony to inaugurate Biden on January 20.

“We’ve now gone through the constitutional process and the electors have voted, so there’s a President-elect,” Blunt said. “With Vice President Biden as the President-elect, the President continues, obviously, to have all the options he has available to him, but the electoral vote today was significant.”