The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interrupted by a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump who tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden.
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00:00The state of the vote for the president of the United States as delivered to the president of the Senate is as follows
00:07The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for president of the United States is
00:13538 within that whole number the majority is
00:18270 the votes for president of the United States are as follows
00:23Donald J. Trump of the state of Florida has received
00:27312 votes
00:29Kamala D Harris
00:33Kamala D Harris of the state of California has received 226 votes
00:43The votes for vice president of the United States are as follows JD Vance of the state of Ohio has received
00:50312 votes
00:52Tim Lawles of the state of Minnesota has received 226 votes
00:59This announcement of the state of the vote by the president of the Senate shall be deemed a sufficient
01:06declaration of the person's elected
01:09president and vice president of the United States
01:12each for a term beginning on the 20th day of January
01:192025 and
01:21shall be entered
01:23Together with the list of the votes on the journals of the House and the Senate. Thank you very much
01:37Was about what should be the norm and what the American people should be able to take for granted
01:42Which is that one of the most important pillars of our democracy is that there will be a peaceful transfer of power?
01:51And today I did what I have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath that I have taken many times
01:58To support and defend the Constitution of the United States
02:02which included today performing my constitutional duties to ensure that
02:07The people of America the voters of America will have their votes counted that those votes matter
02:14And that they will determine then the outcome of an election. I do believe very strongly
02:20That America's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it
02:28every single person their willingness to fight for and
02:33Respect the importance of our democracy
02:36Otherwise, it is very fragile and it will not be able to withstand
02:41moments of crisis and today
02:44America's democracy stood