Top Republican senator Mitch McConnell recognizes Joe Biden as president-elect

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has acknowledged president-elect Joe Bidenโ€™s and vice-president-elect Kamala Harrisโ€™ victory – despite hoping for a โ€œdifferent resultโ€ – following the electoral college vote.

McConnell, a Republican, noted that โ€œas of this morning, our country has a president-elect and a vice president-electโ€ in a public address on Tuesday, admitting โ€œour system of government has processes to determine who will be sworn inโ€ even though โ€œmany millions of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result.โ€