Who will confirm Donald Trump’s presidential victory? Kamala Harris, that’s who

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump presidential victory will be confirmed in Congress in January by the candidate he defeated, Vice President Kamala Harris.

According to the Constitution, the Vice President is the head of the Senate, and the role of the President of the Senate is to announce the results of the election for the White House.

This will happen on January 6th.

Under normal circumstances, the counting of votes carried out by the vice president is a mere formality and the final stage of the complex technical process of electing a new administration.

For example, in 2000, after a grueling 36-day recount battle in Florida, Democrat Al Gore lost the presidency to Republican George W. Bush on December 13.

Gore was also vice president and confirmed Bush’s victory.

“The entire number of electors appointed to vote for the President of the United States, 538,” Gore said from the podium, continuing to read his loss to Congress. “George Bush from Texas received 271 votes for the presidency of the United States. Al Gore of Tennessee received 266 votes.”

But four years ago this almost didn’t happen.

Trump refused to concede defeat and incited a violent insurrection at the Capitol just as then-Vice President Mike Pence was set to certify Democrat Joe Biden’s victory. Trump supporters chanted “Hang Mike Pence” as they ransacked Capitol offices.

Trump wanted Pence to ‘do the right thing’ and declare Trump the winner. Trump and his allies spent days trying in vain to convince Pence that the vice president has the power to reject electors from battleground states that voted for Biden, even though the Constitution makes clear that the vice president’s role in the joint session is mostly ceremonial in nature. almost like an entertainer.

Pence acknowledged this reality in a lengthy statement to Congress. He laid out his conclusion that the vice president cannot claim “unilateral authority” to reject states’ electoral votes. He gavel to a joint session of Congress on January 7, 2021, to reaffirm his position to Biden.