Congressional lawmakers officially certified President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory on Monday in a subdued session that confirmed Trump as only the second president in U.S. history to serve non-consecutive terms.
The certification process, which took just over 30 minutes, solidified Trump’s place alongside President Grover Cleveland, who served non-consecutive terms in 1885 and 1893.
Republicans celebrated the certification as a pivotal step toward advancing Mr. Trump’s agenda. As the electoral votes for Mr. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris were read aloud, applause erupted along party lines.
“The Republican coalition is broad and strong and growing,” said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, South Dakota Republican, before the certification. “Now, the work begins of delivering our agenda. … Republicans are ready to go.”
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Vice President-elect J.D. Vance of Ohio sat in the front row while Kamala Harris was forced to confirm Trump defeated her.
“We accept the results — even though we don’t like them — because our loyalties lie with the Constitution and with the rule of law,” Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, said in floor remarks ahead of the certification. “We hope what happens today, rather than what happened four years ago, stands as a shining example for future generations of how one conducts themselves in a free democracy.”
Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election in a victory that reflects significant shifts in voter preferences across key demographics and battleground states.
Trump saw historic gains with black and Hispanic voters as Americans make it clear they preferred a better economy and lower crime to more abortions. While Donald Trump staked out a middle ground on abortion, saying he would respect the Dobbs decision allowing states to make their own abortion laws, Kamala Harris ran on a platform of unlimited abortions up to birth.
Trump hit the 270 electoral college votes he needed when media outlets declared he won the state of Pennsylvania – while still holding leads in other states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Nevada. That makes it likely the 270 figure will expand as the counting concludes.
Kamala promoted abortion over and over again in TV and Internet ads, on social media and during campaign stops, but her abortion cheerleading wasn’t enough to win.
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