[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7048]
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                   Recognition Of The Minority Leader

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Democratic leader is 
recognized.


                             2020 Elections

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, first, let me join all of my colleagues 
in wishing the Senate pro tempore, the senior Senator from Iowa, 
Senator Grassley, a speedy and quick recovery. We know he is a strong 
man, and we have every confidence he will beat this back, as he has 
beaten many other adversities back in the past.
  Now, it has been nearly 2 weeks since every major news network called 
the Presidential election for Joe Biden. Preparations for the incoming 
Biden administration are well under way, and still--still--President 
Trump refuses to accept reality.
  This morning brought a fresh series of Presidential delusions on 
Twitter. President Trump declared--sometimes in capital letters--that 
the election was a fraud, a joke, and even unconstitutional. Imagine 
that, an unconstitutional election. That is because Trump's ego is 
such, when he doesn't win, everything is wrong, false, et cetera.
  President Trump, get out of your bubble. You lost. Joe Biden will be 
sworn in as the next President of the United States on January 20. 
There is nothing you can do to stop it. Get out of the bubble and work 
on a transition.
  Last night, continuing President Trump's outrageous and dishonest 
behavior, President Trump fired our country's chief election security 
officer, Chris Krebs, an honorable public servant, because he confirmed 
that our elections were secure. This reinforced the No. 1 rule of 
working for Donald Trump: You can never tell the truth.
  But no matter whom he fires or how many times he tweets, President 
Trump cannot change reality. He lost the Presidential election. Joe 
Biden will be the next President of the United States, and it is time 
for President Trump to quit the nonsense, admit the truth, and move on. 
Anytime my Republican colleagues want to tell him that would be fine by 
me.