President Donald Trump early Wednesday told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that it's "too soon to give up" on the election after the Kentucky Republican congratulated "President-elect Joe Biden" from the Senate floor.
"Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot)," Trump tweeted to McConnell. "Too soon to give up. Republican Party must finally learn to fight. People are angry!"
Trump's comments were shared with a news report from The Daily Mail about Republicans turning on McConnell after his floor speech.
In his comments on Tuesday, McConnell said that "our country has officially a president-elect and a vice president-elect. The Electoral College has spoken. So today, I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.”
McConnell's comments were the first time he'd referred to Biden as president-elect because of Trump's continuing legal efforts concerning the election and came after the Electoral College's vote on Monday for Biden.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that shortly after his remarks on the Senate floor, McConnell and his key deputies asked colleagues to not join House members to object to the election results when Congress meets on Jan. 6 to ratify the Electoral College vote. The Times report was based on reports from three people familiar with the conversation who had described it on the condition of anonymity.
Other Republicans have also been changing their opinions on the election after the electoral votes, reports Politico.
"I understand there are people who feel strongly about the outcome of this election," Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., who is McConnell’s top deputy, told Politico. "But in the end, at some point, you have to face the music. And I think that once the Electoral College settles the issue today, it’s time for everybody to move on."
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