On Monday, the electoral college voted to certify the results of the 2020 election.

The vote secured President-elect Joe Biden's win over President Donald Trump.

And that night, after the vote, Biden offered his strongest attack yet on Trump's and Republicans

efforts to de-legitimize Biden's win.

It's a position so extreme we've never seen before.

A position that refused to respect the will of the people, refused to respect the rule

of law and refused to honor our Constitution.

Since the electoral college vote, some Republican lawmakers have acknowledged that Biden will

be president, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

The electoral college has spoken.

So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.

The President-elect has no stranger to the Senate.

He's devoted himself to public service for many years.

I also want to congratulate the Vice President-elect, our colleague from California

Senator Harris.

But Trump and many of his closest allies are still claiming election fraud and making promises

to continue to fight the results.

Trump and his allies are making these claims even after more than 50 court losses since

the election.

Those losses include a rejection last Friday by the Supreme Court.

Trump and the state of Texas tried to sue to overturn the results in four states that

Biden won.

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