Klobuchar knows of no Democrats objecting to certifying Trump's win

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Source: Axios

9 hours ago


Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said she does not "know of" any Democrats who plan to object to the certification of President-elect Trump's election victory Monday.

Why it matters: Not only will the day stir up memories of the 2020 election certification, but it will also see Vice President Kamala Harris certify her loss to a man she repeatedly characterized as a threat to American democracy.

She joins a small club of other vice presidents throughout history who have had to oversee the affirmation of their loss through their role as the president of the Senate.

Harris and the newly sworn-in Senate will operate under the updated Electoral Count Act, which makes objections harder to raise and safeguards them from delaying the certification process without sufficient congressional support.

Driving the news: Klobuchar said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union" that while she knows of no Democrats who plan to object to Trump's win, "the process allows for these objections."

But she pointed to the Electoral Count Act, which raised the threshold for support of an objection to 20% of each congressional body. Previously, it took only one member of each chamber to challenge a state's electors.

"That's [prolonged debate over objections] what was used as a trigger ... last January 6th, to slow down the process, and then, of course, ultimately seen by the insurrectionists as a way they could derail the will of the American people," Klobuchar told Jake Tapper.

Over 140 Republicans objected to Biden's 2020 win.

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