Congress is meeting Wednesday to count the state-certified Electoral College votes that showed President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump in the Electoral College, 306-232. Vice President Mike Pence is presiding over the session. McConnell blasts electoral vote objections, warns of 'death spiral' for democracy
"I will vote to respect the people's decision and defend our system of government as we know it," he said.Facing intense pressure from President Donald Trump to try to unilaterally change the Electoral College votes, Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday that only lawmakers can decide whether to accept the state-certified results.
Shortly before releasing the statement, Trump continued to exhort Pence to “come through for us” by sending the electoral votes “back to the states.” Last month, the Electoral College ratified Biden’s November victory. He got 306 electoral votes to President Donald Trump’s 232, based on results certified by all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Depending on the number of objections, that could extend the process into Thursday although the final result will not change. Objections must be backed by a majority of both the Democrat-controlled House and the Republican-controlled Senate.President Donald Trump repeated his litany of false claims about the election ahead of the special joint session of Congress to count Electoral College votes confirming President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
In his speech, Trump also blasted"weak Republicans" who have not gone along with his demands to reverse Biden's victory, singling out Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah. In the past, the routine process of counting states’ electoral votes ended with a vice president announcing a winner and offering congratulations. But in Trump’s Washington, a similar declaration will be viewed as a betrayal by a president who has espoused baseless allegations of election fraud to explain away his defeat.
The Associated Press projected Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock the winner over incumbent Republican Sen.She was appointed at the beginning of 2020 to fill a Senate term running through 2023, so her term will not end until Warnock takes office. The other Republican in the race, David Perdue, is not currently a senator because his term expired last Sunday.
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