Trump's election win certified by Congress on anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot [View all]
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Source: CNBC
Published Mon, Jan 6 202510:08 AM ESTUpdated 38 Min Ago
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election on Monday, four years to the day after Trump's supporters rioted inside the U.S. Capitol to protest his defeat in the 2020 election.
Harris, who accepted her loss on the day after the Nov. 5 election, presided over the joint session of the House and Senate. She maintained a neutral expression as her announcement of the final tally of Electoral College votes -- 312 for Trump, 226 for Harris -- drew cheers from Republicans in the House chamber.
The roughly 30-minute event to confirm Trump's return to power unfolded as a tidy, solemn ceremony, once again resembling its traditional role as an uncontroversial formality in the presidential transition process. But the echoes of the deadly riot still reverberate through Capitol Hill, as Democrats and Republicans continue to scuffle over which history of Jan. 6, 2021, will endure.
It was "one of the most shameful, reprehensible episodes in the history of this great nation," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor of his chamber earlier Monday.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/06/congress-trump-harris-election-certification-jan-6.html
It took 30 minutes flat (including all the processions in).
ETA - CSPAN had an interesting slide up about the times to get through the certifications for the previous 3 Presidential elections -
Article updated.
Original article -
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election on Monday, four years to the day after Trump's supporters rioted inside the U.S. Capitol to protest his defeat in the 2020 election.
Harris, who accepted her loss on the day after the Nov. 5 election, presided over the joint session of the House and Senate.
The event to confirm Trump's return to power unfolded as a tidy, solemn ceremony, once again resembling its traditional role as an uncontroversial formality in the presidential transition process. But the echoes of the deadly riot still reverberate through Capitol Hill, as Democrats and Republicans continue to scuffle over which history of Jan. 6, 2021, will endure.
It was "one of the most shameful, reprehensible episodes in the history of this great nation," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the floor of his chamber earlier Monday. He warned of the dangers of "election denialism" and decried those trying to "whitewash" the events of the riot, while scorning Trump's possible pardons for those who participated in it.
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