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THE BUZZ: The siege of Congress continued to ripple through California politics on Monday, with the House gearing up for impeachment and Sacramento taking sides.
In D.C., Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed ahead with a removal push that she said channeled the will of her members.
The Movement, the Party, and the President
The Republicans are cracking up. Can Democratic unity hold? And will the Biden administration be an ally of long-term organizing?
In 2020, despite down-ballot losses, the existential need to defeat Donald Trump produced more collaboration and less infighting than the Democratic coalition has seen in a long time. Progressives, notably hostile to Hillary Clinton in 2016, mustered enthusiasm for an ideologically similar Joe Biden. And Biden, having won the nomination with the weakest field operation of any modern candidate, needed to rely on the progressive ground game. His victory was built on a profusion of organizing with a scale, breadth, and diversity unlike any seen since the 1960s.
Maryland Rep. Andy Harris condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, but he also had another message: It shouldn t distract from the fraud he insists occurred in the election of Democrat Joe Biden despite numerous courts ruling otherwise.
On the House floor and in statements, the Republican lawmaker said he voted to object to the certification of Biden s victory over President Donald Trump early Thursday after the Capitol chaos because he believes more investigation is needed into the election.
He was not alone.
Returning hours after the attack on the Capitol and working through the night, both the House and Senate voted to accept Arizona’s results, but six GOP senators and 121 GOP House members objected to the vote despite the unfounded nature of the claims of fraud.
Who voted against certification? Why these GOP lawmakers did even after Capitol riot
Watch as Congress certifies Joe Biden s presidential victory
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Maryland Rep. Andy Harris condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, but he also had another message: It shouldn t distract from the fraud he insists occurred in the election of Democrat Joe Biden despite numerous courts ruling otherwise.
On the House floor and in statements, the Republican lawmaker said he voted to object to the certification of Biden s victory over President Donald Trump early Thursday after the Capitol chaos because he believes more investigation is needed into the election.