Rubio refers to Biden as 'president-elect' as Trump refuses to concede

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WASHINGTON — Sen. Marco Rubio referred to Joe Biden as “president-elect” on Monday evening, making him the first prominent Florida Republican — who isn’t retiring — to directly acknowledge Biden’s victory even as President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim he won the election.

In an interview with reporters on Capitol Hill, Rubio, who leads the Senate Intelligence Committee, was asked his opinion on reports saying independent Maine Sen. Angus King could be named director of national intelligence for the incoming Biden administration.

While answering, Rubio used the term “president-elect” — more than a week after every major media outlet declared Biden the winner based on vote projections — joining just five of his GOP colleagues in acknowledging that Biden had won.

“Well that’ll be the president-elect’s decision, obviously,” Rubio said. “I’ve worked well with (King) during our time in the Intelligence Committee and I haven’t had a chance to talk to him about it. It’s a little premature for that but, yeah, I get along with him well and we work well together.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rubio-refers-to-biden-as-president-elect-as-trump-refuses-to-concede/ar-BB1b4lDd?li=BBnb7Kz

[GoneOffShore]

1. That's going to bite him in the tweet.

[no_hypocrisy]

2. FWIW, Rubio's playing the Long Game.

This makes him look bipartisan, which may be the look of the future.

If he's serious about running in 2024, he needs votes from Independents and some Democrats.

[Polybius]

3. The problem for him is being bipartisan hurts you in the Republican primaries

I fully expect it to go to someone who's a hard-line conservative.