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President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the country after the electoral delegation confirmed the results of the vote on December 14 – Photo: REUTERS
Biden made the announcement after Senator McConnell broke his silence on the results of the US presidential election to be held on November 3. “Although we disagree on many things, there are things we can work on together,” Biden told reporters.
In a surprising move, McConnell congratulated Biden on his victory Dec. 15 and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Mr. McConnell confirmed that the results of the Electoral College elections on December 14 were in favor of Mr. Biden.
“Many of us expect the presidential election to turn out differently, but our system of government has made it clear who will take the presidential oath on January 20. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” McConnell said in the Senate.
McConnell also urged other Senate Republicans not to join any Republicans in the House of Representatives, who could oppose the election results when the National Assembly meets on January 6. approve the results of the electoral college voting.
Reuters reported that any attempt to reverse the election results will inevitably fail because this effort requires the approval of both houses of Congress, including the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Between) – recognition of Biden’s victory in the 2020 US presidential election – Photo: GETTY IMAGES
On the other hand, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany said on December 15 that President Donald Trump was continuing with legal claims related to the 2020 presidential election.
“It is still following the ongoing lawsuits,” said Ms McEnany.
In late December 15, Trump continued to tweet allegations of cheating in the US election. “Shocking evidence is being spilled about electoral fraud. There has never been anything like this in our country!” – Trump wrote.
Earlier, Mr. Trump charged: “The error rate of counting machines in Michigan is 68%. By law, small errors should be only about 1%. Have Michigan election officials violated or not? “.
Trump’s tweets are tagged with a Twitter warning, which needs to be verified.
