Except for the apparent inabiity of the Protection Racket Media to comprehend the ceremony, the Electoral College count went off without a hitch. True to her word, Vice President Kamala Harris fulfilled the constitutional duty of her office to preside over the count and registration of the election. The victories of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance therefore became official … but not “certified,” blast it:
BREAKING: In her role as president of the Senate, Vice Pres. Kamala Harris presided over a joint session of Congress to certify President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 election win. https://t.co/lFwmybDXgH pic.twitter.com/s8CYBq8PcN
— ABC News (@ABC) January 6, 2025
The New York Times made the same error in its reporting, as well as another:
Live Updates: Congress Certifies Trump’s Victory
Vice President Kamala Harris announces Donald J. Trump’s win in a ritual that was considered ceremonial and uneventful before a mob of his supporters attacked the Capitol in 2021.
Ahem. Congress does not certify the election; they only count the votes in the Electoral College. Presidential election results are certified by the states and are presented by their official slate of electors. Neither ABC nor the NYT recognize this, even though that literally was the issue at hand four years ago, and it’s the point that Congress clarified in their bipartisan reform of the Electoral Count Act in 2022.
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