US Congress certifies Donald Trump’s presidential victory

Donald Trump’s victory in the November presidential election was certified on Monday by the US Congress, ahead of the Republican’s inauguration on January 20.

The ceremonial ceremony, which took place four years to the day after the assault on the Capitol, was presided over by Donald Trump’s defeated rival, Kamala Harris, as vice-president.

The President-elect welcomed a great moment in historyMonday morning, on his Truth Social platform, posting a few minutes later a photo of the crowd of his supporters gathered in Washington on January 6, 2021.

Despite the winter storm that hit Washington overnight and covered the capital in a blanket of snow, the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, guaranteed Sunday that the certification would take place, whether we’re in the middle of a blizzard or not.

Some Donald Trump loyalists showed their determination in the face of the harsh weather conditions, like Marjorie Taylor Greene who said she would march to the Capitol if necessary.

Certification by Congress traditionally represents a formality before the official inauguration of the new president on January 20.

Protocol irony, it was Kamala Harris, Donald Trump’s defeated rival, who officiated Monday, in her capacity as vice-president. Facing her in the chamber, her Republican successor JD Vance sat in the front row.

In 2021, this role as number 2 of the American state had been at the heart of Republican protests. Donald Trump, who then repeatedly repeated without proof that the election had been stolenhad urged his vice-president Mike Pence to refuse to certify Joe Biden’s victory.

And in a speech in front of the White House on the morning of January 6, he called on his supporters to fight like hellbefore thousands of them marched to the Capitol.

The temple of American democracy had experienced a surge of violence: attackers hitting overwhelmed police officers with iron bars, breaking windows before entering the building, shouting Love Mike Pence.

Four people in the crowd died that day, including one who was shot and killed by a police officer while trying to force his way into the House of Representatives chamber.

Four police officers also committed suicide in the days and weeks after the attack.

Congress finally certified Joe Biden’s victory the next morning.

This time, Capitol Hill took on the air of an impregnable fortress, with a large police force and high barriers erected around the enclosure, even if no overflow took place.

If the events of January 6 shocked the United States and the world at the time, the traces in the minds of Americans are gradually disappearing today.

And a majority of voters did not hold it against Donald Trump in November.

Joe Biden, however, called on Sunday not to forget or rewrite which constituted a real threat to democracy.

On the Republican side, many today prefer not to talk about it.

I don’t look in the rearview mirrorRepublican Senate Majority Leader John Thune told CBS News on Sunday. It was four years ago. I think Americans live in the presenthe added.

At the beginning of December, Donald Trump promised to examine first day of his return to the White House potential pardons towards his supporters who had stormed the Capitol, more than a thousand of whom were convicted by the courts.

A decision that would go down badly with the Democrats, but also with certain police officers present and injured that day, like Aquilino Gonell, who castigated in a forum at the New York Times the republican’s promise.

I sometimes wonder why I risked my life to defend elected officials from a mob motivated by Mr. Trump, all to see him return to power stronger than ever.wrote the ex-police officer.