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Sen. Kelly Loeffler in remarks to the press Wednesday continues to refuse to acknowledge that Joe Biden is the president-elect, even after the Electoral College officially cast their votes for Biden on Monday and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday acknowledged that Biden will be the next president.
The Republican incumbent, who is facing a runoff vote to retain her seat, was asked repeatedly whether or not she would acknowledge if Biden won the presidential election and she repeatedly declined to do so. I m focused on winning this race on Jan. 5, Loeffler said in response to a question on whether or not she will follow McConnell s lead and congratulate Biden as the next president. I talked to Leader McConnell this morning. We re focused very much on delivering relief that Democrats have held up time and again.
USA TODAY s coverage of the 2020 election and President-elect Joe Biden s transition continues this week as he rolls out more of his picks for top jobs in his administration and prepares to take the oath of office Jan. 20. The Electoral College affirmed Biden s win Monday, officially giving Biden enough electoral votes to defeat President Donald Trump. Congress will count and certify the results in a joint session Jan. 6.
Trump has cleared the way for Biden s team to use federal resources and get briefings during the transition, although Trump has yet to formally concede the race and continues to challenge the results.
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President-elect Joe Biden, pictured last week, issued a statement saying his transition team has been briefed on a major cyberattack on U.S. government networks. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
President-elect Joe Biden says his transition team has been briefed on the massive cyber intrusions recently identified by the U.S. government. There s a lot we don t yet know, but what we do know is a matter of great concern, Biden said in a statement on Thursday. I have instructed my team to learn as much as we can about this breach, and Vice President-elect [Kamala] Harris and I are grateful to the career public servants who have briefed our team on their findings, and who are working around-the-clock to respond to this attack.
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From the moment he launched his campaign, Joe Biden focused on what he called a battle for the soul of our nation. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States, narrowly emerging victorious from a contentious White House campaign that stretched days past election night, as vote tallies in several swing states were slowed by an unprecedented surge in mail-in ballots.
Biden edged President Trump, who in the days since voting ended has falsely claimed a premature victory and baselessly said Democrats were trying to steal the election. The Trump campaign is still contesting the process in several states.