Mexican President Obrador: “We do not agree with offering congratulations in advance.”

Despite the mainstream media clamoring for Democratic candidate Joe Biden to be declared the winner of the U.S. presidential race and world leaders lining up to recognize him as ‘President-Elect,’ Mexican President Andres Obrador has again refused to congratulate the Biden-Harris camp.

“We do not agree with offering congratulations in advance,” President Obradord told reporters on Wednesday. “What’s the best thing? For us to wait.”

President Obrador has held out so far despite mounting media criticism and pressure from the U.S. Democrats. As the world congratulates Biden, “Mexico’s president opts to wait,” the LA Times noted earlier this month. “Critics call it a diplomatic blunder,” the daily commented.

Democrat Congressman from Illinois, Jesús García, wrote to the Mexican president telling him that “President Elect” Biden “won fair and square. Don’t miss the boat.” His fellow Congressman Joaquin Castro for Texas, slammed the “diplomatic failure on the part of Andrés Manuel López Obrador” for failing to congratulate Biden.

Reuters reported:

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Wednesday again declined to congratulate Joe Biden for winning the U.S. presidential election, making him stand out increasingly among world leaders who have withheld their recognition.

This article was sourced from LegalInsurrection