America: In an ironic change driven by democratic process, Kamala Harris, who lost the 2024 elections to Donald Trump after calling him a threat to democracy, on Monday certified his vote to the White House as the 47th US leader.
Four years to the day ( Jan 6 ) after Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol after he claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him, the constitutional procedure took shape in another twist of fate. There were no such questions this occasion as politicians gathered in a money blanketed by 6 to 8 inches of snow to support a practice that has been practiced for more than two generations.
As the Senate’s president, Harris served as the leader of the Senate’s joint session as lawmakers opened covered credentials from 50 US states, each of which contained a record of the state’s electoral votes. The head received the results in writing, and an official count was sent along with the results to publicly declare the election’s success.
The last documentation, done in less than 30 days, backed up preliminary findings that Trump won 312 Electoral College votes to Harris’s 226.
Harris pre-empted any doubts that she would undermine the approach by releasing a picture before the occasion saying she will, as the vice-president, do her” constitutional work” and” sacred obligation… guided by love of country, loyalty to our constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people”.
One of the most basic principles of American politics is the peaceful transfer of power, she said, which sets our system of government apart from king or tyranny.
After a bitterly fought vote, MAGA Republicans expressed satisfaction with the defeated Democratic candidate’s decision to acknowledge both her personal defeat and the victory of her rival. Just twice in recent US history has this happened: Richard Nixon was vice-president when he had to confirm his opponent John F Kennedy’s gain, and Al Gore was vice-president when he lost to George W. Bush. Being given the opportunity to confirm an election that you lost has to be one of the most challenging and humbling experience you could have in common life, according to David Thomas, a former Gore secretary.
MAGA megaphones even rejoiced at the imminence of Trump bailing out Jan 6 paramilitaries. ” President Trump may be giving leniency, pardons &, switching, to J6’ers!”! Marjorie Taylor Greene, a member of the Congress, posted on X. Before the Trump is inaugurated on January 20, there will be a two-week social pause. The 10 year difference between vote and opening was meant to support, among other things, slower communication and severe weather, before the advent of telephone and automobiles.
