{"id":91754,"date":"2021-01-07T08:13:18","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/?p=91754"},"modified":"2021-01-07T08:13:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T13:13:18","slug":"auto-draft-417","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/en\/2021\/01\/07\/auto-draft-417\/","title":{"rendered":"US Congress Certifies Biden Election Victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-91755 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies.jpg 600w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/PERSIAN-HERITAGE.COM\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Congress-Certifies-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>VOA \u2014 WASHINGTON &#8211; The U.S. Congress certified Democrat Joe Biden\u2019s win in the November presidential election, completing its constitutional duty early Thursday after being forced to evacuate the Capitol when a mob of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump swarmed the building.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Mike Pence, who presided over the interrupted session, announced the official Electoral College tally of 306 for Biden and Trump\u2019s 232.<\/p>\n<p>Trump spent the past two months repeatedly and baselessly claiming he was the winner and urging his supporters to fight result, including in multiple statements Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as Congress certified Biden\u2019s win, Trump pledged an orderly transition of power on January 20, \u201ceven though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted,\u201d Trump said. \u201cWhile this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it\u2019s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1347103015493361664&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.voanews.com%2Fusa%2Fus-politics%2Fus-congress-certifies-biden-election-victory&amp;siteScreenName=VOANews&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1347103015493361664\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The statement was released by Trump\u2019s social media director, Dan Scavino. Both Facebook and Twitter suspended Trump\u2019s accounts on Wednesday for violations linked to posts he made about the riots.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Capitol Police and federal, state and local law enforcement cleared the Trump supporters from the Capitol grounds, securing the chambers for Senate and House members to return around 9 p.m. Local authorities also imposed a 6pm to 6am curfew to clear Washington DC city streets.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwug_image\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.large_embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"b0274681-379b-4200-8df3-75a0bbbc75ff\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im-media.voltron.voanews.com\/Drupal\/01live-166\/styles\/sourced_737px_wide\/s3\/2021-01\/2021-01-06T181245Z_10974882_RC2I2L9NVRBE_RTRMADP_3_USA-ELECTION-CONGRESS.JPG?itok=wCCCsYHY\" alt=\"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) take part in a joint session of Congress.\" width=\"737\" height=\"491\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption>U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) take part in a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced after the hours of chaos that legislators would reconvene to continue the work of certifying the Electoral College vote that determines the next president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, a shameful assault was made on our democracy,\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cIt was anointed at the highest level of government. It cannot, however, deter us from our responsibility to validate the election of Joe Biden,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the \u201cfailed insurrection\u201d underscored lawmakers\u2019 duty to finish the vote certification.<\/p>\n<p>Pence urged the Senate to &#8220;get back to work\u201d and begin debating the Republican challenge to Biden\u2019s presidential election victory.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You did not win. Violence never wins,&#8221; Pence said as the Senate resumed its vote count.<\/p>\n<p>However, several Republican senators who had planned to object to the congressional certification said they would no longer do so. They cited the violent mob action during which Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said four people died, including one woman authorities shot dead and three people who died in \u201cmedical emergencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Senate picked up action, Senators Steve Daines of Montana, Mike Braun of Indiana and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia all said they no longer planned to object to Biden\u2019s win.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Paul Gosar went ahead with their objection to the results from the state of Arizona, a move that was supported by most House Republicans, but overall met a resounding defeat. The same happened to an objection to the results from Pennsylvania supported by Republican Senator Josh Hawley and Congressman Scott Perry.<\/p>\n<p>The assault on the Capitol came about two hours after Pence told lawmakers in a letter he would not attempt to block congressional certification of Biden&#8217;s victory, even though Trump repeatedly implored him to stop Biden\u2019s path to the White House.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\">\n<div class=\"embedded-entity\" data-embed-button=\"wysiwug_image\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.large_embedded\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"c0cbd47e-8f4a-4249-9786-ee7b0e007a29\" data-langcode=\"en\">\n<figure class=\"media media--type-image media--view-mode-\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/im-media.voltron.voanews.com\/Drupal\/01live-166\/styles\/sourced_737px_wide\/s3\/ap-images\/2021\/01\/3057a77c0a57e880f99c3383516ad002.jpg?itok=nnmFaFv-\" alt=\"Violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump storms the U.S. Capitol.\" width=\"737\" height=\"504\" \/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption>Violent mob loyal to President Donald Trump storms the US Capitol.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump, in an early Wednesday Twitter comment and later at a rally with several thousand supporters near the White House, called on Pence to show \u201cextreme courage\u201d to block Biden\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n<p>However, when Pence balked, Trump tweeted: \u201cMike Pence didn\u2019t have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution, giving States a chance to certify a corrected set of facts, not the fraudulent or inaccurate ones which they were asked to previously certify. 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