In the wake of results for two Georgia elections that would cost him his position as Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell was having the finest moment of his political career just past 1:30 p.m. Jan. 6, as he spoke with surprising emotion against the push by 13 of his Republican colleagues to "overrule the voters" and refuse to certify the Electoral College results making Joe Biden the President-elect.
Noting that Donald Trump's claims of vote fraud had been rejected time and again by both the states involved and the courts, "including some judges appointed by the President," Mr. McConnell said on the U.S. Senate floor, "We cannot simply declare ourselves the national board of elections on steroids. If we overrule them, it would damage our Republic forever. If this election was overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral."
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