Jan 6th is still so vivid in my mind--it will always be I am sure.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/04/harris-oversees-certification-trump-victory/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzM1OTY2ODAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzM3MzQ5MTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MzU5NjY4MDAsImp0aSI6IjU1MTViOGM2LWNiYWYtNDAzOS05YjFjLTNkY2Y4MDU2MzUwZSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI1LzAxLzA0L2hhcnJpcy1vdmVyc2Vlcy1jZXJ0aWZpY2F0aW9uLXRydW1wLXZpY3RvcnkvIn0.JR1NspgHK5u58f9PQQmqQfyF0E5UbTzW8D57cvOpat8
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The certification carries additional historical importance because it comes just four years — and one presidential election — after a violent mob, infuriated by Trump’s false claims that the election had been stolen by Joe Biden, stormed the U.S. Capitol as then-Vice President Mike Pence presided over the 2020 electoral count. This time, Trump is welcoming the result and Democrats are showing no signs of claiming fraud. Even so, law enforcement officials are planning extensive security arrangements to ensure nothing disrupts the proceeding.
Harris intends to make sure the certification goes smoothly, aides say, partly as a pointed contrast to Trump’s unwillingness to do so four years ago.
Presidential historian Tim Naftali noted that from the first days after Harris’s loss, she and Biden made it clear they would provide “the kind of transition for Donald Trump that Donald Trump refused to provide for them four years ago.” Harris promised in her concession speech to ease the new administration’s transition to power, while Biden hosted Trump — whom he had called an “existential threat” — in a White House meeting that was so cordial it annoyed some of Biden’s fellow Democrats.............................
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