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President Donald Trump has cautioned the Republican Party against giving up on the victory of Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 US Presidential Election.
He said this barely 24 hours after Electoral College confirmed Biden as the winner of the election.
After the Electoral College declaration, top Republicans and foreign leaders congratulated Biden.
But Trump has refused to concede defeat, saying that it is too soon to do so.
He made this known in a tweet reacting to top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell message that “it’s over”.
“The Electoral College has spoken. So, today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,” McConnell said on the Senate floor.
Send me these two men, and we will control the Senate!
One day after the Electoral College affirmed Biden s victory, attention shifted to the looming Senate battle and to the shape of the incoming administration, as Biden also announced he had nominated Pete Buttigieg, a former mayor and presidential rival, as secretary of transportation.
Buttigieg would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a presidential cabinet post in line with Biden s pledge to usher in the most diverse cabinet ever when he takes office on January 20.
And while Trump still refuses to concede continuing to tweet baseless allegations of mass fraud that have been rejected in dozens of lawsuits top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell finally broke his silence with a message to the president: it s over.
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ATLANTA, GA – DECEMBER 15: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock at Pullman Yard on December 15, 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia. Biden’s stop in Georgia comes less than a month before the January 5 runoff election for Ossoff and Warnock as they try to unseat Republican incumbents Sen. David Perdue and Sen. Kelly Loeffler. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
President-elect Joe Biden threw his weight into the Democratic battle for control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as his White House win was finally acknowledged by top Republicans and holdout foreign leaders.
Biden joins battle for Senate as top Republican accepts win
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published : 16 Dec 2020 at 05:45
2 Joe Biden flew into Georgia a southern state he won in an upset against President Donald Trump to host a rally for two Democratic candidates in runoff races that will determine the Senate s balance of power
ATLANTA - President-elect Joe Biden threw his weight into the Democratic battle for control of the US Senate on Tuesday, as his White House win was finally acknowledged by top Republicans and holdout foreign leaders.
Biden flew into Georgia a southern state he won in an upset against President Donald Trump to host a rally for two Democratic candidates in runoff races that will determine the Senate s balance of power.