Forget Trump and move on: Mitch McConnell pleads with his senators not to force ugly vote in Congress on Joe Biden's Electoral College victory, warning them it would split the party - despite president's demands for last-ditch fight to overturn election

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Republicans not to challenge the electors' votes when Congress moves to certify the election for Joe Biden

He said it was a 'terrible vote' because Republicans would ultimately have to vote it down and it would appear like an 'anti-Trump' move

Alabama Representative Mo Brooks said he will formally challenge the Electoral College votes during congressional election certification on January 6

He insisted Tuesday that if all legal votes were counted and all illegal votes were thrown out, Trump would emerge as the real Electoral College winner

Trump reposted an article Tuesday with Brooks' comments

A senator would need to join Brooks and others in the House to officially launch deliberations on a Electoral College vote challenge

McConnell for the first time on Tuesday called Joe Biden the president-elect following the Electoral College cementing his victory on Monday

'The Electoral College has spoken,' McConnell said on the Senate floor. 'So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden.'

Mitch McConnell warned Senate Republicans on a Tuesday call not to join colleagues in the House in challenging the Electoral College votes because the last-ditch effort to overturn the election results would split the party and ultimately fail.

The Senate majority leader pleaded with the caucus, according to Politico, to not object when Congress moves to certify the election for Joe Biden on January 6.

He said it would be a 'terrible vote' for Republicans because they would have to slash the attempt down, which would end up making them look anti-Trump.

The Republican majority leader made the warning in private shortly after using a speech to the Senate to say that Biden was the winner and would be sworn in on January 20. The two men spoke just after it, Biden told reporters.

McConnell's comment to his party comes as Alabama Representative Mo Brooks is plowing forward with his promise to formally challenge the Electoral College outcome in the House.

Georgia Representative-elect Marjorie Taylor Greene, known for subscribing to some QAnon conspiracies, has said she will join Brooks in his effort to overturn the results.

The duo, however, would need at least one senator to jump on board with them to launch deliberations into the Electoral College votes. Brooks has acknowledged that the vote would likely be more of a symbolic protest that an legitimate avenue to overturn the results.

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