Vice President Kamala Harris will preside over the certification of Donald Trump's victory, marking four years since the former president's supporters attacked the US Capitol.
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to preside over the certification of her defeat to Donald Trump four years after he tried to stop the very process that will now return him to the White House. In a video message, Harris described her role as a “sacred obligation” to ensure the peaceful transfer of power. “As we have seen, our democracy can be fragile,” she said. “And it is up to each of us to stand up for our most cherished principles.
” Harris will be joining a short list of other vice presidents to oversee the ceremonial confirmation of their election loss as part of their role of presiding over the Senate. Richard Nixon did it after losing to John F. Kennedy in 1960. Al Gore followed suit when the US Supreme Court tipped the 2000 election to George W. Bush. But no other vice president has been holding the gavel when Congress certified their loss to an incoming president who refused to concede a previous defeat. In addition to spreading lies about voter fraud, Trump directed his supporters to march on the US Capitol, where they violently interrupted the proceedings on January 6, 2021, to formalize Joe Biden’s victory. Harris was at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington that day. A pipe bomb was discovered nearby, and she was evacuated from the building. During the campaign, she frequently invoked the January 6 attack to warn voters of the danger of returning Trump to the White House. She described him as a “petty tyrant” and “wannabe dictator.” After Harris lost the election and her bid to be the country’s first female president, she promised in her concession speech to honor the will of voters. “A fundamental principle of American democracy is that when we lose an election, we accept the results,” she said. “That principle, as much as any other, distinguishes democracy from monarchy or tyranny.” No disruptions are expected on Monda
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