WATCH: Mitch McConnell Give Speech Opposing Effort to Overturn Election

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“If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral,' said Mitch McConnell. 'We’d never see the whole nation accept the election again'

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell before for the Electoral College vote certification for President-elect Joe Biden, during a joint session of Congress to count the electoral votes for President at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/POOL/AFP via Getty Images Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell gave an impassioned speech against overturning President Trump’s election defeat during a joint session of Congress on Wednesday.

He made his remarks from the Senate floor at the start of debate over the pro-forma certification of Joe Biden’s victory, and attacked fellow Republican lawmakers who are seeking to prevent that on the grounds of baseless allegations of voter fraud. “If this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side our democracy would enter a death spiral. We’d never see the whole nation accept the election again,” argued McConnell.

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