Republican senator Susan Collins reached out to president-elect Joe Biden on Monday to congratulate him on his victory, making her just the third Republican in the Senate to do so, as the president and many of his GOP allies maintain he hasn’t lost the election. “First, I would offer my congratulations to President-elect Biden on his apparent victory—he loves this country, and I wish him every success,” Ms Collins said in a statement posted on Twitter. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine): “First, I would offer my congratulations to President-elect Biden in his apparent victory.”