The U.S. Senate this evening advanced the ceremonial process to certify the election of Democrat Joe Biden to the presidency of the United States, by rejecting 93 to 6 votes the challenges that had been raised before the plenary of the US Senate.
Mike Pence, vice president of the United States, chaired the Senate. The Senate would continue with rounds of exposition, while the lower house vote was given.
The Congress remained in office attending to the same procedure, which is traditionally a ceremonial or protocol procedure. In the House of Representatives over 80 congressmen supported the objections to the election, specifically on the Arizona vote. However, the projection was also to reject the motion of objection to the presidential election.
In the Senate, Republican Lindsay Graham called for an end to instability. The South Carolina senator had an eloquent speech in which he claimed that “enough is enough” and that the election winners are Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Lawmakers gathered to certify the votes of the Electoral College in each state were forced earlier to evacuate the precinct after an angry crowd of Trump supporters entered the Capitol.
Earlier, three senators had backed Trump’s false allegations that there was widespread electoral fraud. Senators Steve Daines, Mike Braun and Kelly Loeffler then said they would, in light of the facts, give up the objections they intended to raise to Biden’s victory.
Earlier, dozens of Republican lawmakers and 13 Republican senators were scheduled to object Wednesday’s election votes from perhaps six states won by Biden.
President Donald Trump has falsely insisted that there was election fraud and that in reality he was the winner. He reiterated these assertions in the morning in front of thousands of protesters gathered outside the White House and urged them to march on the Capitol, which many did.
Due to the chaos, the House of Representatives and the Senate halted the debates of the day and lawmakers withdrew to put themselves out of danger under police protection. Many lawmakers accused Trump of fomenting violence.
World leaders lamented what has happened to U.S. democracy. At least one person had been killed in an uprising at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.