Before Tuesday, McConnell was among a majority of GOP lawmakers in both chambers who had declined for weeks to acknowledge Biden as the incoming president. But in a speech on the Senate floor Tuesday, he said he accepts the electoral college results. The electoral college has spoken,” McConnell said. Among the Republican lawmakers to join McConnell on Tuesday in accepting the electoral college’s results was Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (W.Va.). On Twitter, Trump pleaded with McConnell and other Republicans to reconsider.

Source: Washington Post December 16, 2020 10:09 UTC