Capitol Chaos: Congress Resumes Count Of Electoral Votes Deadline 1/7/2021
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UPDATE, 9:17 PM PT: The counting of electoral votes has stopped again, after an objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes garnered support from Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) signed on to the challenge.
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The House and Senate now are breaking to their separate chambers to debate the objections for a maximum of two hours.
UPDATE, 8:52 PM PT: The counting of electoral votes resumed in a joint session of Congress, with GOP senators dropping their objections to at least one state.
Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA) objected to Georgia’s electoral votes for Joe Biden, but he said that in light of the unrest on Wednesday, “It appears some senators have withdrawn their objections.” Members then broke into applause.
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Morning Joe, MSNBC again demonstrated that it s the place that welcomes left-wing guests who have a history of using incendiary race rhetoric as anti-racism scholar Ibram X. Kendi appeared as a guest to discuss his recent column hitting the Democratic party from the far left.
Just a few months ago, the allegedly anti-racist Kendi voiced opposition to interracial adoption as he derided then-Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett as a white colonizer via Twitter for daring to adopt and care for children who are black.
At 8:37 a.m. Eastern, MSNBC showed viewers clips of Democrats Joe Biden and Barack Obama complaining that the far left s defund the police slogan had hurt Democrats in competitive districts, and then co-host Mika Brzezinski referred to a recent article by Kendi that appeared in