Rubio calls Biden 'president-elect,' joining small group of GOP senators who have done the same

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio became the latest Republican senator to address Joe Biden as “president-elect,” more than a week after every major media outlet projected him to win the election.

Rubio, who lost in the 2016 presidential primary to then-candidate Donald Trump, joined a small group of Republican senators to refer to Biden as “president-elect” while the president has refused to concede the race. Since the election, the Trump campaign has filed a handful of lawsuits in battleground states across the nation that have been projected to Biden.