Congress Is Ready To Certify Trump's Election Win, But His Jan. 6 Legacy Hangs Over The Day
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Congress plans to convene during a snowstorm to certify the 2024 election results for President-elect Donald Trump.
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress convenes during a winter storm to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s election, the legacy of Jan. 6 hangs over the proceedings with an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power.
Lawmakers will gather noontime Monday under the tightest national security level possible. Layers of tall black fencing flank the U.S. Capitol complex in a stark reminder of what happened four years ago, when a defeated Trump sent his mob to “fight like hell” in what became the most gruesome attack on the seat of American democracy in 200 years.
No violence, protests or even procedural objections in Congress are expected this time. Republicans from the highest levels of power who challenged the 2020 election results when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden have no qualms this year after he defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.
And Democrats frustrated by Trump’s 312-226 Electoral College victory nevertheless accept the choice of the American voters. Even the snowstorm barreling down on the region wasn’t expected to interfere with Jan. 6, the day set by law to certify the vote.
“Whether we’re in a blizzard or not, we are going to be in that chamber making sure this is done,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican who helped lead Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, said Sunday on Fox News Channel.
The U.S. president-elect was in troll mode as he said many Canadians "love being the 51st state."
The former New York City mayor could be held in contempt again later this week when he appears in a different courtroom in Washington, D.C.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was among many Democrats marking Jan. 6 on social media by noting that at least their party believes in democracy.
The vice president appeared to refer to a bit of recent dark history in her social media address before she was to oversee the certification of Trump's victory over her.
Marking the fourth Jan. 6 anniversary, Aquilino Gonell said Donald Trump's rhetoric about the attack has been "devastating."
"Why would I want to get rid of TikTok?" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post.
Congress plans to convene during a snowstorm to certify the 2024 election results for President-elect Donald Trump.
The “White Lotus” actor was slated to present at the event but did not attend following the death of her husband Jeff Baena.
"It isn’t something that happens and then it’s over," the former House speaker said.
The sweeping protections are likely to survive the incoming Trump administration’s fossil fuel bonanza.
“I don't believe we live in a democracy anymore," says Michael Fanone, who was nearly killed by Trump supporters four years ago.