Greater than a dozen of the 147 Republicans in each the Home and Senate who on Jan. 6, 2021, voted to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory are actually voicing their pleasure about certifying Donald Trump’s slender win, saying that not even a serious snowstorm in Washington, D.C., may cease them from making it to the Capitol on Monday to make Trump’s success official.
After all, there was no fraud within the 2020 election, which many Republicans objected to 4 years in the past, regardless of Trump and his Republicans defenders’ claims. The one factor completely different 4 years later is that their candidate of selection gained.
Within the lead-up to the 2024 election, Trump was preemptively crying fraud however miraculously stopped making these claims after he narrowly defeated Vice President Kamala Harris. That was an apparent signal that his claims had been merely a method for him to excuse his 2020 defeat and attempt to stay in energy.
The dozen Republicans who objected to Biden’s victory made no point out of fraud as they voiced their enthusiasm about certifying Trump’s 2024 win.
Bragging about braving the weather to make it to the Capitol—the very constructing that Trump supporters desecrated 4 years in the past—was a standard theme among the many posts from Republican lawmakers who tried to steal the 2020 election.
“Rain, shine, sleet, or snow, Congress will certify President Trump’s victory today. It’s a new day in America, and We the People are back in charge,” Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona, who was one of many ringleaders of the plan to maintain Biden out of the White Home in 2021, wrote on X on Monday morning.
“Lots of snow in DC today, but that won’t stop me from getting to the Capitol to certify President Trump’s historic win! Two weeks until we Make America Great Again!” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who additionally helped plan the hassle to steal Biden’s victory, wrote on X.
“It may be snowing and subfreezing in DC, but that will not stop me from certifying President-elect Trump as America’s 47th president!” Rep. Morgan Griffith of Virginia wrote on X, together with a video of him on the Capitol within the snow.
Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, one among eight GOP Senators who voted to steal Biden’s win, posted a photograph of himself within the snow outdoors the Capitol, with the caption, “Here to do Louisiana’s work at the Capitol today. Too bad we don’t have Louisiana’s sunnier weather.”
Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, notorious for sporting a pin of an AR-style rifle on his swimsuit across the Capitol, wrote on X, “In just a few hours, Congress will certify President Donald J. Trump’s historic victory. No amount of snow will stop this incredible day for America!”
“A snowstorm in DC may stop bureaucrats from coming in, but it won’t stop us from doing the will of the American people and certifying President-Elect Trump’s historic election mandate today,” Rep. Michael Cloud of Texas, who tried to dam Biden’s win in 2021, mentioned Monday morning in an look on Fox Enterprise.
Different members used over-the-top rhetoric to specific pleasure in regards to the day’s certification vote.
“America has once again chosen a republic, not an empire. Today, Congress will affirm it. Together, we begin the long counter-march to restore a government small enough to fit within the Constitution,” Rep. Warren Davidson of Ohio wrote on X and not using a trace of irony as he was one of many members in 2021 who voted to toss out Individuals’ votes.
“It’s a great day to certify [Trump’s] landslide victory. Still not tired of winning,” Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina, who fell down the steps within the Capitol on Friday, wrote in a publish on X.
In 2021, nonetheless, Foxx touted her vote towards certifying Biden’s Electoral School win, writing in a assertion, “I take my oath to protect and defend the Constitution very seriously and sitting idly by while it’s trampled over is simply unacceptable.”
Among the many different Republicans who voted to maintain Trump in energy in 2021 however are actually gung ho about certifying Trump’s 2024 win embody Republican Reps. Richard Hudson, Tom Tiffany, Lisa McClain, Randy Weber, Troy Nehls, Diana Harshbarger, David Kustoff, and August Pfluger.
Democrats, in the meantime, posted a reminder of the violence and destruction Trump and his allies wrought on Jan. 6, 2021.
“Four years ago today, I was trapped in the House Chamber as insurrectionists stormed the Capitol & tried to overturn election results,” Rep. Darren Soto of Florida wrote on X, together with a photograph of himself hiding within the Home chamber as insurrectionists tried to interrupt in. “Today, I will return to the House Chamber to certify the 2024 results. House Democrats honor the Constitution & accept the will of the people.”
Different Democratic lawmakers mentioned that if Harris had come out on prime in November, Monday’s certification wouldn’t be the peaceable affair it’s anticipated to be.
“Good morning. Don’t take for granted how quiet the Capitol will be today,” Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy wrote on X. “It’s because today in America, tragically, only one party respects elections. The other party uses and justifies violence to keep power. Had Harris won, today likely would have been another bloodbath.”
