US Congress certifies Biden win after riot disrupts Capitol
PHOTO: US President-elect, Joe Biden
NEWSMAN – United States Congress has just affirmed President-elect, Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump.
The riot at the US Capitol on Wednesday, had sent lawmakers scrambling for safety, but members of Congress returned undeterred to fulfill their duty in certifying Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College win.
The counting of Vermont’s three electoral votes put Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris over the 270-threshold needed to win the presidency.
The Senate and House rejected objections to throw out Georgia and Pennsylvania’s electoral votes for Biden. Republicans also objected to Arizona, Nevada and Michigan’s electoral votes, but the motions failed before they reached debate, CNN reported.
“The announcement of the state of the vote by the President of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient declaration of the persons elected President and Vice President of the United States, each for the term beginning on the 20th day of January 2021 and shall be entered together with the list of the votes on the journals of the Senate and the House of Representatives,” vice president, Mike Pence said following the count of all the Electoral College votes.
