Those challenges have universally fizzled, and the electoral college confirmed Biden’s status as president-elect Monday. But conservative media still haven’t quite figured out what to do with the phrase. Left unsaid: The media that had declared Biden president-elect and “set the narrative” included the network on which she was appearing. … There’s still a pathway.”ADMark Levin on Sunday referred to “a so-called president-elect.” Watters on Monday called Biden “the president, president-elect now, I guess you have to call him.”Kilmeade and Earhardt have previously used the phrase somewhat less skeptically, with Earhardt on Dec. 8 initially calling Biden “vice president” and then inserting the alternate title. “Now the Vice President set up his task force — Vice President, President-elect Biden set up his task force for corona[virus].” Kilmeade used the phrase Nov. 17 but suggested it wasn’t set in stone — “if the president-elect becomes president.”ADIs this semantic debate somewhat silly?

Source: Washington Post December 17, 2020 17:54 UTC