Senate and House to convene in joint session to certify results four years after Trump’s supporters stormed CapitolFour years ago, the joint session of Congress to certify Joe Biden’s election victory was disrupted by an insurrection carried out by violent supporters of Donald Trump, who unsuccessfully tried to prevent the Democrat from taking office.But before the evening was over, dozens of Republican lawmakers also made futile attempts to formally object to the certification of Biden’s election victory in key states. Smaller groups of Democrats had done the same in the past, such as when Trump’s first victory was certified in 2017, also to no avail.An unrelenting effort has been underway to rewrite — even erase — the history of that day. To tell us we didn’t see what we all saw with our own eyes. To dismiss concerns about it as some kind of partisan obsession. To explain it away as a protest that just got out of hand.This is not what happened. Continue reading…
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Author : Chris Stein in Washington
Publish date : 2025-01-06 15:24:00
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