Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Republican leader, congratulated Joe Biden's victory after the electoral votes.

"The Electoral College has spoken out. So today I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden," McConnell, a Kentucky senator, told the US Senate today, also congratulating Senate.

"Overcoming the differences, all Americans can be proud that the country has a female Vice President elected for the first time," said the leader of the majority in the Senate.

Before that, electors in the states across the country have gathered to directly vote for the 46th US president.

Usually, the electoral college's vote is just procedural, as the outcome has been decided after the states have declared a winner.

A series of Republican senators declared Biden as President-elect after the results of the electoral votes.

McConnell is the top leader of the Republican party and has great influence within the party.

Therefore, the congratulation from McConnell is expected to have a strong impact, and at the same time "blow" the last rays of hope of Trump in reversing the election results.