{"id":45912,"date":"2021-01-07T10:06:29","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=45912"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:35:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:35:12","slug":"breaking-us-congress-formally-certifies-joe-biden-us-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/breaking-us-congress-formally-certifies-joe-biden-us-president\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: US Congress Formally Certifies Joe Biden US President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States joint congress on Thursday officially declared Joe Biden as President of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>The counting of Vermont\u2019s three electoral votes put Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris over the 270-threshold needed to win the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>The certification comes after Pro-Trump rioters invaded the US Capitol on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Congress rejected challenges to Biden\u2019s win in Arizona and Pennsylvania. Efforts were made to challenge the counts in Georgia, Michigan, Nevada and Wisconsin, but after the mob violence, Senate Republicans dropped objections to Biden\u2019s wins there, eliminating any need for debate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 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,\u201d Vice President Mike Pence said following the count of all the Electoral College votes.<\/p>\n<p>It was reported that the disgraceful riot at the US Capitol had sent lawmakers scrambling for safety, but members of Congress returned undeterred to fulfill their duty in certifying Biden\u2019s 306-232 Electoral College win.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the lawmakers, who earlier supported Trump\u2019s efforts to overturn the election, made a U-turn after the \u201cshameful\u201d incident that led to the death of one woman.<\/p>\n<p>After the affirmation of Biden\u2019s 306-232 victory over Trump, the president immediately released a statement pledging an \u201corderly transition\u201c.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cEven though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had called the violence an \u201cinsurrection\u201c, saying, \u201cOur democracy\u2019s under unprecedented assault. This is not dissent. It\u2019s disorder. It\u2019s chaos. It borders on sedition. And it must end now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Historians said it was the first time that the Capitol had been taken over since 1814 when the British burned it during the War of 1812.<\/p>\n<p>For more than two centuries, the joint session of Congress has been a quiet, ceremonial event that formally certifies the election winner.<\/p>\n<p>Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, closely aligned with Trump throughout his presidency, had tried to prevent the challenges. He noted that the election results were not even close, and that dozens of courts had thrown out lawsuits alleging irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this election were overturned by mere allegations from the losing side, our democracy would enter a death spiral,\u201d McConnell said.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States joint congress has officially declared Joe Biden as President of the United States of America.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":45913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[7983,6931],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-45912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","tag-america-president","tag-joe-biden"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.9 - 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