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https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/politics/...index.html

It is my considered judgement that my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should not," he wrote.

McConnell delivers forceful rebuke of Trump-led electoral challenge

"The Constitution gives us here in Congress a limited role. We cannot simply declare ourselves the national board of elections on steroids," McConnell said on the Senate floor. "The voters, the courts and the states have all spoken. They've all spoken. If we overrule them, it would damage our Republic forever."

Mitch waited too long, but he finally does the right thing.