Vice President Kamala Harris certified President-elect Donald Trump's victory, marking the end of a turbulent election cycle. Despite raising a record-breaking $1 billion, Harris failed to win any of the seven crucial swing states, resulting in a decisive loss for Democrats. The event took on a poignant twist as Harris was mistakenly addressed as 'Madam President', highlighting the stark contrast between her ceremonial role and her electoral defeat.
Moment of 'cruel irony' as Kamala Harris certifies her own resounding loss to Donald Trump in front of a cheering Congress
Harris, 60, won one fewer electoral vote than former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton did in her own ill-fated attempt to win the White House eight years ago — as Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin all broke the GOP’s way to give Trump, 78, a 312-226 Electoral College victory.
Sen. Mitch McConnell , who broke with Trump after he refused to accept Joe Biden’s victory in 2020, was nowhere to be found. Monday’s joint session took place amid the backdrop of the chaos and violence of four years ago, with hundreds of extra National Guard members providing boosted security on Capitol Hill.
“And today I did what I have done my entire career, which is take seriously the oath, that I have taken many times, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, which included today performing my constitutional duties to ensure that the people of America, the voters of America, will have their votes counted, that those votes matter and that they will determine, then, the outcome of an election,” she said, nearly slipping into one of her trademark “word salads.
“You know, when you lost millions of jobs, you lost manufacturing, you lost automotive plants, you lost the election. What does that make you? A loser,” she said on Oct. 8. “This is what somebody at my rallies said. I thought it was funny.”“This is what happens when I drink beer!” she bragged — indicating a high level of confidence about her electoral odds despite her internal campaign numbers never showing her ahead of the 45th president at any point in the campaign.
Democrats had challenged every Republican presidential victory since 2000 — a fact apparently lost on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , who declared on Friday: “There are no election deniers on our side of the aisle.”
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