At New York
For Donald Trump, the end of recess sounded on a squeaky pout from Mitch McConnell.
A draft smile, cold as steel, and so rare in the leader of the Republican majority in the Senate.
On Tuesday, the influential Republican boss on Capitol Hill ended six weeks of false suspense,
"congratulating"
President-elect Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris for their victory, following the Electoral College confirmation vote on December 14.
The snub for the occupant of the White House is up to his Herculean efforts, and ultimately derisory, to reverse the outcome of the ballot box.
In a phone call with all Republican elected officials in Congress, McConnell called on the most reluctant to throw in the towel and accept the reality of alternation at the top of the executive.
They warned those who would be tempted to launch a last stand on January 6, during the Congress vote formalizing the victory of Joe Biden, to abstain, out of respect
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