Congress Certifies Trump's 2024 Election Win
US Vice-Pres. Kamala Harris, in her role as president of the Senate, Monday presided over a joint session of Congress, certifying Pres.-elect Donald Trump's victory with 312 electoral votes to her 226 votes in a peaceful half-hour ceremony.
Facts
- US Vice-Pres. Kamala Harris, in her role as president of the Senate, Monday presided over a joint session of Congress, certifying Pres.-elect Donald Trump's victory with 312 electoral votes to her 226 votes in a peaceful half-hour ceremony.[1][2]
- The certification process occurred under heightened security measures, including reinforced fencing and additional law enforcement, four years after Trump supporters took part in the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol while Congress attempted to certify Joe Biden's win over Trump in the 2020 election.[3][4]
- Also, unlike the 2021 certification, no lawmakers objected to any state's results, following new rules requiring one-fifth of lawmakers — rather than just one from each chamber — to raise objections.[1]
- Trump in a social media post called the certification "A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY." Harris, meanwhile, joined a small group of those who've had to preside over certification of their own defeat. She called her duty a "sacred obligation."[5][6]
- Trump is scheduled to begin his second term Jan. 20, 2025, with JD Vance as vice president and Republicans controlling both the House and Senate.[7]
Sources: [1]Associated Press, [2]Reuters, [3]Washington Post, [4]Daily Wire, [5]Truth Social, [6]Axios and [7]ABC News.
Narratives
- Democratic narrative, as provided by Daily Kos and The 19th News. While Republicans continue to obfuscate the tragedies of Jan. 6, 2021, that day's insurrection shows how fragile US institutions can be. But Harris and the Democrats have again proven to be the defenders of democracy by certifying Trump's win without objections — something Republicans failed to do despite lacking evidence of anything untoward in the 2020 results.
- Republican narrative, as provided by Daily Caller and PJ Media. Give Democrats some credit: this was the first time in two decades they didn't object to a Republican president's victory. Defenders of democracy wouldn't have arrested and imprisoned hundreds of patriots who were calling attention to irregularities in the 2020 results. The new administration can't take over and get America back on the right track soon enough.
