Despite President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the recently concluded presidential election results, a considerable number of Republicans have acknowledged Joe Biden as the president-elect. Joining this fast-growing list, United States Senator Mitch McConnell, for the first time, acknowledged the Democrat's victory and alluded to him as President-elect.

This acknowledgment has comes six weeks after Election Day and in the midst of President Donald Trump's unceasing attempts to reverse the election results. "The electoral college has spoken," McConnell said from the Senator floor in the U.S. Capitol and went on to congratulate the former vice president, whom he referred to as the President-elect in his remarks.

McConnell's comments do not coincide with the beliefs of several Republicans who still refuse to accept Biden's victory. This makes his comments even more significant, especially since they come after the Electoral College made the Democrat's win official.

Aside from that, McConnell advised Republican senators during a private conference call to refrain from joining House members on Jan. 6 to object to state electoral results, a source told CNN. Congress will be formally counting the Electoral College votes, and this will be the time when members of Congress can object. 

Several other Republicans, including Senate Rules Chairman Roy Blunt and Senate Majority Whip John Thune, echoed a similar sentiment. They said objecting to the state electoral results would not only be fruitless but will also force them to cast a politically challenging vote against the president that day.

Before taking to the floor on Tuesday and congratulating Biden on his win, McConnell gave the White House a heads up, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Senate majority leader had sent a message to the White House before making those remarks, according to POLITICO.

Democrats have slammed Republicans for not accepting the election results and highlighted how forty days after Americans went to the polls, several GOP members of Congress spoke up. During a floor speech Tuesday, Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin pointed out that it is sad and disappointing that it took six weeks for his colleagues to accept the reality and stop raising the question regarding America's Democratic process.

McConnell has even warned GOP off a messy Electoral College fight that could end up damaging Republicans even before Georgia Senate runoffs that will determine Senate control, Associated Press reported. He told the senators that the fight would generate a "terrible vote" for Republicans.