In a stark contrast to the violence of January 6th, 2021, Donald Trump was certified as the winner of the 2024 US presidential election. The process unfolded peacefully, despite the heavy security measures in place.
Congress certified U.S. president-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without challenge, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol. Lawmakers convened under heavy security and a snowstorm to meet the date required by law to certify the election. The whole process happened swiftly and without unrest. But the legacy of Jan.
6, 2021, leaves an extraordinary fact: The candidate who tried to overturn the previous election won this time and is legitimately returning to power. Vice-President Kamala Harris, presiding over proceedings as the role of her office, read the tally, including of her own defeat. The chamber broke into applause, first Republicans for Trump's 312 electoral votes, then Democrats for Harris' 226. But as lawmakers gathered, layers of tall black fencing flank the U.S. 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. Republicans who challenged the 2020 election results when Trump lost to Democrat Joe Biden now express greater trust in U.S. elections after he defeated Harris. And Democrats frustrated by Trump’s victory nevertheless accept the choice of the American voters, the House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries saying his side of the aisle is not “infested” with election deniers. One by one, the state results were read aloud by the tellers as senators and representatives sat in seats in the House chamber. Vice-president-elect JD Vance joined his former colleagues and was surrounded by congratulatory handshakes, hugs and photos afterward. Trump said online that Congress was certifying a “GREAT” election victory and called it “A BIG MOMENT IN HISTORY.” The day's return to a U.S
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