The pandemonium would seem to be a natural culmination of what Donald Trump and compliant Republicans have wrought on the nation they swore an oath to protect.
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By Jennifer Epstein, Billy House and Erik Wasson, Bloomberg
7 Jan 2021 11:27
President-elect Joe Biden. Image: Getty Images
Joe Biden was formally recognised by Congress as the next US president early on Thursday, ending two months of failed challenges by his predecessor, Donald Trump, that exploded into violence at the U.S. Capitol as lawmakers met to ratify the election result.
The Democratic president-electâs victory was sealed after House and Senate members fended off a final round of objections to the Nov. 3 election outcome raised by a handful of Republicans on Trumpâs behalf. The proceedings were disrupted for several hours as pro-Trump demonstrators overran police lines, besieged the House chamber and entered the Senate chamber, sending lawmakers fleeing for safety.
US Capitol secure, lawmakers return to validate Biden election
Lawmakers returned to the US Capitol to continue counting Electoral College votes • Four dead after rioters stormed the halls of Congress
7 January 2021, 8:16am
Chaos erupted inside the Capitol building on Wednesday as thousands of pro-Trump demonstrators charged the complex and eventually made their way onto the Senate floor
Lawmakers returned to the US Capitol to continue counting Electoral College votes, hours after angry rioters overran the building and sent members of Congress fleeing, in what is being described and an assault on the pillars of American democracy.
The Senate was debating an objection to Arizona s election results when the rioters stormed the Capitol. When they returned nearly six hours later, the debate continued, but the Senate ultimately voted 93-6 to reject it. The House voted 303-121 to reject the objection.