Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell just said that Biden has won the election

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Mrs. Krassenstein
@HKrassenstein
BREAKING: Republican Congressman Paul Mitchell just said that Biden has won the election and has called on Trump to help Biden with "an effective transition," before telling Trump to "just deal with it."

Thank you @RepPaulMitchell!
11:45 AM · Nov 16, 2020

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1. How low has our nation sunk that a Republican stating the obvious is cause for celebration

The GOP has killed our nation (we just don't know that we are dead)

[malaise]

2. Did he run for reelection? n/t

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3. Trump will call him a traitor in 3, 2, 1 ... n/t

[BlueInID]

4. Senator Risch also (tacitly)

Trump lapdog Risch has as well, in a local paper.

[link:http://lmtribune.com/northwest/risch-says-tone-of-congress-has-changed/article_99889857-8147-52e6-8f18-78cff33d12b2.html|


WASHINGTON — With the Senate back to work after an election that saw a strong showing from GOP congressional candidates, U.S. Sen. Jim Risch said Friday he was confident Democrats and Republicans will come together to avert a potential government shutdown but less optimistic about lawmakers striking a deal for another coronavirus relief package before the end of the year.

The Idaho Republican, fresh off decisively winning a third term, spoke with the Spokesman-Review at the end of the Senate’s first week of the “lame duck” session before the new Congress is sworn in Jan. 3. He said the tone at the Capitol has shifted as lawmakers enter the last few weeks of the 116th Congress.

“This is my second transition where we move from one political party to another in the White House,” Risch said, acknowledging President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Most of his GOP colleagues in Congress have resisted admitting that amid outgoing President Donald Trump’s claims the election was stolen.

“After an election where you transition from one party to another,” he said, “it is an entirely different feeling or dynamic. It is a change in the music that is playing in the background. We go from heavy metal to classical music in one fell swoop. The cadence changes dramatically, and we’re in the process of that right now.”