As Congress certifies President-elect Donald Trump's victory amidst tight security, the legacy of the January 6th Capitol riot looms large. This time, the candidate who sought to overturn the previous election has legitimately won, returning to power. While no violence or objections are anticipated, the event serves as a stark reminder of the fragility of American democracy.
FILE - Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., officiate as a joint session of the House and Senate convenes to count the Electoral College votes cast in the presidential election , at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. WASHINGTON — As Congress convenes amid a winter storm to certify President-elect Donald Trump ‘s election, the legacy of Jan.
“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. Biden, speaking Sunday at events at the White House, called Jan. 6, 2021 “one of the toughest days in American history.”
Senators will walk across the Capitol — which four years ago had filled with roaming rioters, some defecating and menacingly calling out for leaders, others engaging in hand-to-hand combat with police — to the House to begin certifying the vote. Under changes to the Electoral Count Act, it now requires one-fifth of lawmakers, instead of just one in each chamber, to raise any objections to election results. With security as tight as it is for the Super Bowl or the Olympics, law enforcement is on high alert for intruders. No tourists will be allowed.Republicans, who met with Trump behind closed doors at the White House before Jan. 6, 2021 to craft a complex plan to challenge his election defeat, have accepted his win this time.
Last time, far-right militias helped lead the mob to break into the Capitol in a war-zone-like scene. Officers have described being crushed and pepper-sprayed and beaten with Trump flag poles, “ slipping in other people’s blood.”
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