Vice President Harris briefly spoke after she presided over Congress' certification of President-elect Trump's victory, her opponent in the presidential race.
Upon entering the Senate chamber on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris issued a simple declaration when asked by NBC News about presiding over the certification of the 2024 election: “Democracy prevails.” Minutes later, Harris carried through, steering Congress’ collective endorsement of the electoral vote that she lost and affirming Donald Trump's return to the White House.
6, 2021, that saw an unprecedented attack on the nation’s Capitol. Missing on this day compared to four years earlier were gallows and a noose constructed outside the Capitol grounds. Or chants in support of hanging the vice president for failing to reject the will of the people and the true outcome of the election. Instead, the event transpired in the way it was meant to unfold, pro forma, taking all but 30 minutes.
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