In a Twitter video, President Donald Trump conceded to President-elect Joe Biden and condemned the violent supporters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling for for the 25th Amendment to be invoked. She adds that impeachment should be considered if that doesn’t happen.
The US President-elect Joe Biden has delivered a stinging attack on Donald Trump — accusing him of encouraging the violence in Washington when hundreds of his supporters stormed the Capitol. Joe Biden called it one of the “darkest days in US history”. He said it was the culmination of four years of attacks by Mr Trump on democracy, justice and the media. Leading Republicans are distancing themselves from Mr Trump, who has not condemned the rioters. There are growing calls for him to be stripped of the Presidency — just days before the official handover to Joe Biden.
Hours after hundreds of President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in a harrowing assault on American democracy, a shaken Congress on Thursday formally certified president-elect Joe Biden’s election victory with a statement from Vice-President Mike Pence. Congress had resumed its work certifying Biden’s Electoral College win late on Wednesday after the chaotic scenes on Capitol Hill, with debate stretching into the early hours of Thursday. After debate, the Senate and the House of Representatives rejected two objections to the tally and certified the final Electoral College vote, with Biden receiving 306 votes and Trump 232 votes. Vice President Mike Pence, in declaring the final vote totals behind Biden’s victory, said this “shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected president and vice president of the United States.” Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will take office alongside Biden on Jan. 20.
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Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speak from the Senate floor resolving to count the Electoral college votes and certify the 2020 election after pro-Trump rioters stormed the capitol, interrupting the process earlier.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer delivers remarks on the Senate floor following an objection to the counting of Arizona’s electoral votes.
Speaking in the US Senate following an objection to the counting of Arizona’s electoral votes, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned about Congress overruling the voters saying it would “damage our Republic forever.”