Vice President Mike Pence finally made the postponed proclamation
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Vice President Mike Pence was finally able to announce shortly after 3: 40 am today , Washington DC time, that Joe Biden had won the presidency, after Congress completed the counting of the Electoral College votes.
Soon after, President Donald Trump issued a statement saying that while “you totally disagree with the outcome of the elections and the facts prove me right, there will be an orderly transition on 20 from January”, cited CBS News.
What was seen largely as a merely formal last step before Biden’s inauguration on 20 there were converted yesterday into an afternoon of chaos that left at least four people dead and calls to impeach Trump, after a crowd of his supporters, after hearing his speech at the White House, stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop the vote counting process.
“The Congress that validated Biden’s victory was not the same one that had met fourteen hours earlier to start counting the electoral votes of each state in the November elections, as demonstrated by the damage to the House of Representatives headquarters,” limited EFE.
After almost four hours of the assault by Trump’s followers, who marched towards Congress at the urging of the outgoing president himself, the legislators of both parties considered it important to resume last night the session that interrupted l to unprecedented insurrection in Washington.
“Those who unleashed today ( Wednesday) chaos on our Capitol: you haven’t won. Violence never wins, ”said outgoing Vice President Mike Pence, when the joint session of both houses resumed late on Wednesday.
Trump later distributed a statement in which he committed to “an orderly transition on 20 January ”, when Biden came to power, although he again showed“ totally disagreement with the outcome of the elections ”.
“I have always said that we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes are counted. Although this represents the end of the best first term in presidential history, it is only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again! ”Trump added, citing his election slogan.
Trump’s statement,
posted on Twitter not on his regular account, but on that of his Communications Advisor Dan Scavino, was probably the closest the outgoing president will come to admitting defeat in the election, something he has promised his supporters he “never” will do.
Statement by President Donald J. Trump on the Electoral Certification:
“ Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20 th. I have always said we would continue our…
– Dan Scavino🇺🇸🦅 (@DanScavino)
January 7, 2021
Watch: Congress confirmed President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory early Thursday, hours after Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol and disrupted the final electoral count. https://t.co/MsgRJyJ3l4 pic.twitter.com/9C1jCxykOt
– The New York Times (@nytimes) January 7, 1200
