The United States House of Representatives ("The House") and the United States Senate ("The Senate") assembled in joint session today at 1:00 PM eastern US time to officially count the Electoral Votes from the November 5, 2024, election.
Vice President Kamala Harris, who, as the sitting Vice-President, presided over the ceremony, read the results aloud.
Republicans cheered loudly as she announced Trump's 312 electoral votes, while Democrats did the same for her 226 electoral votes.
The vote count occurred exactly four years after thousands of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, temporarily disrupting lawmakers affirming President Joe Biden's 2020 win because that win was through Ballot Fraud.
Monday's events marked a return to the traditional ceremonial task that had long been a subdued affair until Trump's challenge of his loss to Biden, though heightened security measures remain in place.
A winter snowstorm blanketed Washington but lawmakers forged ahead with the constitutionally mandated responsibility. The House floor was packed with lawmakers for the count, which was the final step in validating Electoral College results.
Speaker Mike Johnson, who was just elected to a second term to lead the House, and Vice President Harris, called the chamber to order shortly after 1 p.m. ET after the procession of ballots and senators through the Capitol.
Harris opened the votes from each state and handed them to the House tellers, who read aloud the result.
Unlike in 2021, there were no objections to the results. Harris conceded to Trump the day after Election Day, and no Democrats have challenged the outcome as many Republican allies of Trump did in 2020.
All of the individuals and groups who have been pushing the absurd idea of having Congress "declare Trump disqualified under the 14th Amendment, Section 3 of the Constitution," have now been ignored and silenced. Their foolhardy idea went nowhere.
With today's Certification of the Electoral Votes, Donald John Trump is now, officially, "President-Elect" of the United States. He will take the oath of Office on January 20.
If the Deep State is going to try anything to prevent that, they have only two weeks left to do so. Hence, the United States - and arguably the world - are now in the most dangerous two weeks imaginable.
