U.S. Congress certifies Trump's election win

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00:00News overseas, President-elect Donald Trump's resounding victory in last year's November

00:05polls was set in stone after today's certification by Congress of the electoral vote count he

00:11ironically tried to overturn four years ago in a failed insurrection bid.

00:16Even stranger is how a defeated Democratic presidential candidate presided over the certification

00:21ritual today as we hear more from VOA's Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gibson in her report.

00:30Four years after the most tumultuous certification of election results in U.S. history, a quiet

00:37and orderly process Monday as the U.S. Congress certifies that Donald Trump won the 2024 election.

00:45The new Senate Majority Leader John Thune hailed the victory.

00:49Republicans improved our margins in nearly 90 percent of counties in the United States

00:54and grew support with nearly every demographic group.

00:57The Republican coalition is broad and strong and growing.

01:03Now the work begins of delivering on our agenda.

01:05And Mr. President, Republicans are ready to go.

01:08Despite her loss to Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris fulfilled her constitutional

01:13duty of presiding over the certification of the election.

01:18Only two other sitting U.S. vice presidents have presided over electoral counts after

01:23their losses for the presidency.

01:26Richard Nixon in 1961 and Al Gore in 2001.

01:31For president and vice president.

01:33In a taped statement earlier Monday, Harris emphasized the importance of a peaceful transfer

01:38of power.

01:39This duty is a sacred obligation.

01:43One I will uphold, guided by love of country, loyalty to our Constitution and my unwavering

01:50faith in the American people.

01:53One analyst told VOA that duty is part of a long tradition of American leaders respecting

01:58the democratic process.

02:00This is her role to play, that she's going to carry out, carry it out purposefully and

02:05as intended.

02:07And that just shows the commitment to a peaceful transfer of power, even and especially if

02:11you are the one on the losing end of the election.

02:14It shows a strength and a commitment to these ideals, something that we've taken for granted

02:19for too long and now need to return to.

02:21The congressional Democrats say January 6th, 2021 should not be forgotten.

02:27Far too many individuals have tried to rewrite the history of January 6th, have tried to

02:34sweep the truth under the rug and pretend like the day was perfectly fine or even a

02:39moment of great patriotism.

02:42That is a lie, plain and simple.

02:45In 2022, a congressional committee composed of seven Democrats and two Republicans placed

02:52the blame for January 6th on Trump for repeating lies about election fraud and allegedly inciting

02:59supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol.

03:03Because we are not fair whether patriots.

03:05But Trump and many of his supporters have criticized the work of the committee as biased

03:10and suggested criminal defendants in January 6th cases should be pardoned.

03:15Trump will be sworn in for his second term as president on January 20th.

03:21Katherine Gibson, VOA News, Washington.

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