Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that took place on Monday without any violence or mayhem, contrasting starkly to the January 6, 2021, violence when his supporters stormed the Capitol.
Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that played out Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the January 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol.
Lawmakers met under heavy security and a snowstorm to meet the date required by law to certify the election but left an extraordinary fact: the legacy of January 6—the candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is going back to power legally.
Layers of tall black fencing flank the US Capitol complex in a stark reminder of what happened four years ago when a defeated Trump sent his mob to “fight like hell” in what became the most gruesome attack on the seat of American democracy in 200 years. It is the tightest national security level possible.
Vice President Kamala Harris, presiding over proceedings as the office’s role, read the tally. The chamber erupted into applause, first Republicans for Trump, then Democrats for Harris.
The whole process was swift and took place without unrest. The tellers read out the results in states one by one while senators and representatives sat in the seats set for them in the House chamber. Vice President-elect JD Vance joined his former colleagues. Within half an hour, the process was over.
