WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on Congress’ tally of the Electoral College vote won by Joe Biden (all times local): 6:55 p.m. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Congress will resume the Electoral College proceedings once the Capitol is cleared of pro-Donald Trump protesters and safe for use. Pelosi said she made the decision Wednesday in consultation with the Pentagon, the Justice Department and the vice president, who will preside. She noted the day would always be “part of history,” but now it would be “as such a shameful picture of our country was put out into the world.” Trump had
GOP sedition caucus led by Republican Sen. Ted Cruz. | AP
WASHINGTON In a last-gasp attempt to overturn the November election and the U.S. Constitution with it a group of congressional Republicans launched a futile effort on Jan. 6 to nullify Democratic President-elect Joe Biden’s win then.
Other lawmakers from both parties denounced their move and constitutional scholars called it sedition and the greatest challenge to the U.S. governmental system since the South rebelled and withdrew from the U.S. in the winter of 1860-61.
“If this isn’t an attempted coup, then what is it?”
New York Times columnist Charles Blow tweeted.
A chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power forced lawmakers from the building and interrupted challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here's how it progressed through the day.
A chaotic protest aimed at thwarting a peaceful transfer of power forced lawmakers from the building and interrupted challenges to Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory. Here's how it progressed through the day.