Sen. Mitch McConnell finally acknowledges Joe Biden is the President-elect

Anderson Cooper 360

CNN

News

3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2020

⏱️ 47 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell finally congratulates President-elect Joe Biden, as many Republicans in Congress still refuse to recognize his victory amid President Donald Trump's continued refusal to accept defeat. Democratic Congressman and Majority Whip James Clyburn weighs in, telling Anderson, “this democracy is very very fragile,” and adding “this democracy can be brought to an end if we are not careful.” Also, where do Trump's "Election Defense Fund" donations really go? Bloomberg Opinion Senior Columnist and author of "TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald," Timothy O'Brien discusses. Plus, as vaccines continue to be administered across the United States, the infection numbers are still surging. Anderson talks to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Rep. James Clyburn, and Timothy O'Brien. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Good evening, Joe Biden is the president of O'Lac.
0:03.1	The president might not want to hear it today,
0:04.8	but maybe he will accept it now that two men he
0:07.8	admirers have finally come out and said so.
0:10.6	Vladimir Putin and Heraldo Rivera have both now said it's over.
0:14.1	So has Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
0:16.2	who went public after Vladimir Putin did?
0:21.1	The electoral college has spoken.
0:25.7	So today I want to congratulate President O'Lac Joe Biden,
0:29.5	the president elect is no stranger to the Senate.
0:32.8	He's devoted himself to public service for many years.
0:37.2	So six weeks, dozens of court cases,
0:39.7	two Supreme Court rejections, one fascist rally,
0:42.6	four stabbing countless threats against election officials
0:45.4	who are just doing their jobs,
0:47.2	and more than $200 million in deceptive fund raising
0:50.1	since the election, a slow clap everyone
0:52.8	for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
0:54.7	After all, it's not like he said anything that wasn't obvious
0:57.5	the Saturday after the election five weeks ago
0:59.9	when news organizations call the race for president
1:02.1	like Biden.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from CNN, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of CNN and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.