McConnell Avoids Calling Biden the President-Elect: ‘This Has Become a Weekly Ritual’
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is still unwilling to publicly state that President-elect Joe Biden is the winner of the November 3 presidential election. During a press conference on Tuesday, McConnell…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is still unwilling to publicly state that President-elect Joe Biden is the winner of the November 3 presidential election.
During a press conference on Tuesday, McConnell was asked, “Are you willing to acknowledge that Joe Biden is the President-elect?”
“This has become a weekly ritual,” McConnell responded.
He continued, “The Electoral College is going to meet on the fourteenth and cast a vote. We’re going to have a swearing-in of the next president on the twentieth of January. Why don’t we concentrate on what we have to do the next two weeks?”
“Let me say again, leaving here without a Covid relief package cannot happen. We have to get that done. I think both sides fully understand that,” he added.
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McConnell also vowed that the Senate would continue to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominees to “essential agencies” such as the Federal Election Commission and federal district court judges.
“So, I want to concentrate on the next two weeks, and the period beyond that will take care of itself,” McConnell said.
His comments come after all three Republicans on the