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It’s a historic day in Washington D.C. A joint session of Congress on Wednesday will certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden.Some Republicans are expected to try to overturn the electoral votes, which were decided by millions of people in several close states. Do those lawmakers have evidence to back up their claims of election fraud? Here are the facts.”…We won the election in a landslide. Almost 75 million people voted for me,” President Donald Trump said at a recent rally.Despite the president’s repeated claims of victory, he did not win the presidential election. Biden defeated him by more than 7 million votes, winning more than 81 million votes overall. That is the most by any U.S. presidential candidate in American history.Biden then went on to win the Electoral College a month later with 306 electoral votes. That is the exact margin in the Electoral College Trump had called a “landslide” four years ago when he got the very same number.How else do we know Biden beat Trump?Trump’s own appointees say so. Since Election Day, the Trump campaign has tried to overturn the results with claims of voter fraud.But Trump’s own administration says there is no proof of widespread fraud that would change the outcome, including his hand-picked attorney general, Bill Barr, his hand-picked cyber security chief, Chris Krebs and his hand-picked head of the U.S. election assistance commission, Ben Hovland.In the closest states, results have been certified by Republican governors Trump endorsed and by Republican secretaries of state.Even after courts dismissed dozens of lawsuits because they contained no evidence of fraud, Trump’s own picks for the U.S. Supreme Court would not even hear his final plea.The U.S. Constitution requires Congress to meet in a joint session Wednesday to count the electoral ballots already certified by each state.The president of the Senate, who is Vice President Mike Pence, opens the certificates and the “the votes shall then be counted,” according to the Constitution.”I hope Mike Pence comes through for us,” Trump said earlier this week.There is no provision in the Constitution that allows Pence to delay, stop or change the count. Pence’s official White House bio says he is a “champion” for the Constitution.Finally, of all the House Republicans objecting to certifying electoral votes for Biden, every single one of them shared a ballot with Trump. Not one of the alleged fraud or objected to taking their own seat when the new session of Congress began on Sunday.
It’s a historic day in Washington D.C.
A joint session of Congress on Wednesday will certify the election of President-elect Joe Biden.
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Some Republicans are expected to try to overturn the electoral votes, which were decided by millions of people in several close states.
Do those lawmakers have evidence to back up their claims of election fraud? Here are the facts.
“…We won the election in a landslide. Almost 75 million people voted for me,” President Donald Trump said at a recent rally.
Despite the president’s repeated claims of victory, he did not win the presidential election. Biden defeated him by more than 7 million votes, winning more than 81 million votes overall. That is the most by any U.S. presidential candidate in American history.
Biden then went on to win the Electoral College a month later with 306 electoral votes. That is the exact margin in the Electoral College Trump had called a “landslide” four years ago when he got the very same number.
How else do we know Biden beat Trump?
Trump’s own appointees say so. Since Election Day, the Trump campaign has tried to overturn the results with claims of voter fraud.
But Trump’s own administration says there is no proof of widespread fraud that would change the outcome, including his hand-picked attorney general, Bill Barr, his hand-picked cyber security chief, Chris Krebs and his hand-picked head of the U.S. election assistance commission, Ben Hovland.
In the closest states, results have been certified by Republican governors Trump endorsed and by Republican secretaries of state.
Even after courts dismissed dozens of lawsuits because they contained no evidence of fraud, Trump’s own picks for the U.S. Supreme Court would not even hear his final plea.
The U.S. Constitution requires Congress to meet in a joint session Wednesday to count the electoral ballots already certified by each state.
The president of the Senate, who is Vice President Mike Pence, opens the certificates and the “the votes shall then be counted,” according to the Constitution.
“I hope Mike Pence comes through for us,” Trump said earlier this week.
There is no provision in the Constitution that allows Pence to delay, stop or change the count. Pence’s official White House bio says he is a “champion” for the Constitution.
Finally, of all the House Republicans objecting to certifying electoral votes for Biden, every single one of them shared a ballot with Trump. Not one of the alleged fraud or objected to taking their own seat when the new session of Congress began on Sunday.
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