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McConnell, Defying Trump, Says He Won t Undermine Election as Democrats Did in 2016
On 1/6/21 at 2:06 PM EST
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell directly rebuked the attempt by some Republicans to overturn the election of President-elect Joe Biden and give President Donald Trump a second term on Wednesday, comparing the effort to Democrats doubting the outcome of previous presidential elections they lost. We cannot keep drifting apart into two separate tribes with a separate set of facts and separate reality with nothing in common except our hostility to reality with nothing in common except our hostility towards each other and mistrust for the national institutions that we all share, McConnell said from the Senate floor at the start of a debate over the certification of election results from Arizona, which went to Biden. Every time in the last 30 years that Democrats have lost a presidential race, they ve tried to challenge, just like this.
Live updates: After chaos, what will Alabama GOP lawmakers do in election challenge?
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
The election of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president was finalized by Congress in the wee hours of Thursday morning, ending a dramatic day in Washington in which pro-Trump protesters pushed past law enforcement officials and made their way into the Capitol.
At 2:40 a.m., Vice President Mike Pence acting in his role as president of the Senate certified that Biden received 306 Electoral College votes and President Donald Trump received 232. Biden will be inaugurated as president and Harris as vice president on Jan. 20.
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump protest outside the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump faced the threat on Thursday of a second impeachment, a day after his supporters breached the U.S. Capitol in a stunning assault on American democracy as Congress was certifying President-elect Joe Biden s victory.
As Democratic leaders demanded his ouster, Trump came closer than he ever has to a formal concession, acknowledging a new administration would be sworn in on Jan. 20 and vowing to ensure a smooth transition in a video released on Thursday evening.