WASHINGTON—Four years ago, a mutinous mob descended upon the Capitol, delaying the certification of President Biden’s win. On Jan. 6, 2021, Trump pressured then-Vice President Mike Pence to reject some electors unilaterally to block Biden’s win, but Pence refused. A spokesman for House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that “the House intends to certify President Trump’s election tomorrow as scheduled …
WASHINGTON — The congressional joint session to count electoral votes on Monday is expected to be much less eventful than the certification four years ago that was interrupted by a violent mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump who tried to stop the count and overturn the results of an election he lost to Democrat Joe Biden. This time, Trump …
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Former Vice President Mike Pence, pictured at a speech in New Hampshire this month, is one of a number of Republican luminaries proposing a course for the party’s future. But, he added, “it must also include new pillars that President Trump brought to the fore as we served — ideas that fired the imagination of everyday Americans and expanded the …
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