Congress on Monday formally certified President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 victory, exactly four years after he stirred up a mob that attacked the Capitol in a failed attempt to disrupt the certification of his 2020 election loss and keep him in power.
Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the certification of her defeat, which went smoothly and without drama amid a citywide snow emergency declaration.
“Democracy must be upheld by the people,” Harris told NBC News moments ahead of the certification….
Four years ago, 147 Republicans voted to overturn the result and discount electors for Biden, even though Trump had failed to produce any evidence that the result was illegitimate.
This time, Democrats chose not to respond in kind, instead seeking to return Jan. 6 to its historical roots as a boring and rote affair where the president-elect is certified without drama.
“January 6th should be an unremarkable day. This is a day that the rest of America should never have to really think about it,” newly minted Sen. Andy Kim, D-N.J., said. “Just a pro forma certification of the election results. The fact that it is a day that still lingers in our consciousness kind of shows just how broken our politics are.”
The top House Democrat made clear Friday that Jan. 6, 2024, would be drama-free.
“Two months ago, the American people elected Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States of America,” said House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, as Republicans clapped. “Thank you for that very generous applause. It’s OK. There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle.”
“One should love America when you win and when you lose,” Jeffries continued. “That’s the patriotic thing to do, and that’s the America that House Democrats will fight hard to preserve because we love this country. America is bigger than any one campaign, any one election or any one individual.”…