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Following the assault on the Capitol on Wednesday, the session that ended with the certification of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris resumed as Vice President of the USA Vice President Mike Pence certified the victory of Biden along with Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Photo: REUTERS / Courtesy
The United States Congress certified Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice president respectively of the country.
The electoral votes were approved this Thursday after both the Senate and the House of Representatives rejected the objections to the votes in the states of Pennsylvania and Arizona.
This event is usually a mere ceremony in Congress was disrupted Wednesday when supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol.
The session resumed and continued through the night and early Thursday morning after police managed to control the mob that had entered the building, encouraged by President Trump in an attempt to reverse their defeat .
The incident at the Capitol left a balance four dead.
How was the chaotic “day of infamy” that the US lived with the violent assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters 3 scenarios possible problems of the political crisis in the United States after the assault of Trump’s followers on the Capitol November Results The announcement was made by Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, one of four people appointed by the House and Senate to count electoral college votes. .
Of the 538 Feedback from the electoral college, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received 306. Donald Trump and Mike Pence 232 “The report we make is that Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be the president and vice president according to the ballots they have given us,” said the senator .
Vice President Mike Pence , who as president of the Senate oversaw the certification process, confirmed to Congress that, of the 549 Votes cast by the electoral college, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris received 306 and Donald Trump and Mike Pence 306, reflecting the results of the November elections.
How was the chaotic “day of infamy” that the US lived with the violent assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters “The announcement of the status of the vote by the President of the Senate shall be considered a sufficient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States, each for the period beginning the day 20 of January of 2021, and will enroll along with the list of votes in the newspapers of the Senate and the House of Representatives, “said Pence, after counting all the votes of the Electoral College.
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