Wednesday December 16, 2020
"People are angry!"
Trump approaches McConnell for congratulations
The incumbent US President Trump stubbornly sticks to his claim to have won the election. The list of Republicans who congratulate Democrat Biden is getting longer and longer. Trump seems particularly painful that the Senate majority leader, McConnell, is going from the flag.
The incumbent US President Donald Trump has criticized the decision of the leading Republican in the US Senate to publicly recognize the election victory of the Democrat Joe Biden. It's too early to give up, Trump tweeted to the Senate Republican majority leader, Mitch McConnell. The Republican Party must finally learn to fight. "People are angry!" He added.
McConnell, who is considered a close confidante of Trump, had congratulated Biden on winning the presidential election on Tuesday in the Senate after weeks of restraint. "The Electoral Panel has spoken. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden," he said.
In the 50 US states and the capital district of Washington, the 538 voters on Monday cast their votes for the future president on behalf of the people. As expected, Biden got the votes of 306 voters, 36 more than are necessary for victory. 232 electorates voted for Trump.
Trump affirmed in the tweet that the roughly 75 million votes received in the November election were a record for an incumbent president. According to the results available, Biden has won more than 81 million votes. McConnell had in his statement made no doubt about the legitimacy of the election result.
Trump, on the other hand, sticks to his portrayal of having been deprived of the victory because of massive irregularities. The final results of the election will be officially announced in Congress in Washington on January 6th. Biden is to be sworn in on January 20th. On that day, Trump's constitutional term ends automatically – even if he does not admit defeat.
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