McConnell: ‘The Last Time I Spoke’ With Trump Was December 15
The last time Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnel l (R-Ky.) spoke with former President Donald Trump was over a month ago. “The last time I spoke with him was the day after I had declared that Biden had obviously won…
The last time Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spoke with former President Donald Trump was over a month ago.
“The last time I spoke with him was the day after I had declared that Biden had obviously won the election… It would have been December the 15th,” McConnell said to reporters on Tuesday.
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On Dec. 15, McConnell acknowledged then President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as the winners of the election, as IJR previously reported.
“Many millions of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result. But our system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn in on January the 20th. The electoral college has spoken,” McConnell said.
He added, “Today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. The president-elect is no stranger to the Senate. He’s devoted himself to public service for many years.”
McConnell continued, “Beyond our differences, all Americans can take pride that our nation has a female vice president-elect for the very first time.”
Trump took to Twitter to respond to McConnell’s acknowledgment of the election results, as