Congress will count the Electoral College votes of the 2020 election in a process that starts at 1 p.m. Usually the ceremony is a purely ministerial, drama-light affair. But a band of President Trump loyalists have discarded their constitutional duties and plan to drag out the procedure by filing objections to the results of a few key battleground states that went for Joe Biden.
Trump Urges Coup Crowd To Head To Capitol To Harass Legislators, Suggests He Might Join
President Donald Trump on Wednesday hinted that he would join his supporters marching to the Capitol Building to harass legislators who are convening to certify Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
Biden Set To Pick Merrick Garland For Attorney General
Joe Biden has selected Judge Merrick Garland to serve as his attorney general, according to multiple reports.
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With Warnock’s Win, Democrats Breathlessly Watch Ossoff Inch Closer To Victory
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Rev. Raphael Warnock toppled Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), clinching one of the two seats Democrats need to wrench back Senate control. He’ll soon become Georgia’s first ever Black senator.
All eyes then turned to the closer Jon Ossoff-Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) contest, where a Democratic victory seems within reach.
If Democrats pull off the sweep, the Senate will be evenly split, giving Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris the tie-breaking vote. It also means unified Democratic control of the White House and Congress for the first time in 11 years.
As Georgia election workers keep counting ballots, President Donald Trump is spewing conspiracy theories and the Republican senators are so far refusing to concede defeat. Perdue promised to “exhaust every legal resource” in his quest to make sure “legally cast” ballots were properly counted. However, if both races finish outside a half a percentage point difference — as Warnock’s did and Ossoff’s seems likely to — there will be no recount, leaving the Republicans to choose whether to mimic Trump’s flailing efforts in the courts.
Giuliani Wants ‘Trial By Combat!’ To Figure Out If Dems Stole Election
Just ahead of President Donald Trump’s planned speech Wednesday in front of the White House, his lawyer Rudy Giuliani took the stage to explain to the crowd that, yes, Congress can totally deliver Trump an unearned second term if it really wants to.
He proposed “trial by combat,” presumably a figurative proposition launched into a fraught atmosphere, to settle the matter.
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‘Traitor!’: Trump Supporters Heckle Romney During Trip To DC
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) had a rough night on Tuesday.
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A Proud Boy Extravaganza And The MyPillow Guy: Extremists Begin Demonstrations In DC
As thousands of raging Trumpers descended on the nation’s capital Tuesday night, a preview for the main pro-Trump attraction on Wednesday, the mood was insurgent.
McConnell Expected To Deliver Speech Rebuking GOP’s Anti-Democratic Charade
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is expected to deliver a speech on Wednesday rebuking an effort by his GOP colleagues who have plotted objections to Electoral College votes during a joint congressional session aimed at reaffirming Biden’s win of the presidency.
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Trump Denies Pence Warned Him He Can’t Cancel Election Results
President Donald Trump late Tuesday night denied reports that Vice President Mike Pence, who will oversee Congress’ official tallying of the Electoral College’s votes in a joint session on Wednesday, told him that he wouldn’t be able to prevent Congress from certifying the 2020 election results.
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