Senator McConnell Recognizes Joe Biden as President-Elect December 15, 2020, 7:27 amUncategorizedRick Hasen This is a very important step, as I argued back on November 8 at Slate, when McConnell should have done this: BREAKING: McConnell says that after the electoral college voted yesterday: "Our country has officially a president-elect and a vice-president elect.""I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden," McConnell says.— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 15, 2020 Share this: