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Trump relies on the lockdown until the last minute: eleven senators threaten to refuse to confirm Joe Biden as president. But the most important decision will be made tomorrow in Georgia.
Of Nina koren | 05.30, January 04, 2021
An exciting and decisive political week begins in the US: Congress in Washington is scheduled for Wednesday officially confirm Joe Biden’s election victory. In itself it is a formal act, and yet the next upheaval is looming for Donald Trump and his loyal supporters, who continue to refuse to acknowledge their electoral defeat. Street protests are also expected from Trump supporters.
Tomorrow the final and decisive stage of the Senate election will take place in Georgia: a second round for two seats, the result of which will determine who will have the majority in the Senate in Washington in the future.. This, in turn, depends on whether Joe Biden will be able to govern in the future with the support of both houses of parliament or if a Republican majority in the Senate will put a beating in his way. Polls currently predict a close race.
Despite multiple court losses, Trump supporters prepare for a blockade in Congress for Wednesday. As tradition has it, the current Vice President, Mike Pence, will read out the election result in Congress. So it is official who has won the elections.
A group of Republican senators from the United States. Opposition to the confirmation of the result of the presidential elections by Congress is announcedt. At Wednesday’s meeting they want to call for the establishment of an investigative body to conduct a 10-day review of the election results, they said. About a hundred members of the House of Representatives also want to deny recognition of Biden.
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Saturday’s statement was made by seven sitting senators, including the Signed the uncompromising Ted Cruz and four newly elected members of the Senate. Congress should create a commission of inquiry “immediately”to get to the bottom of possible “voter fraud.”
However, there is still no evidence of electoral fraud. State voters long ago confirmed Biden’s clear victory. Confirming the winner of the presidential elections in Congress is really just a formality.
Yet Trump refuses to admit defeat. He has made numerous complaints of suspected electoral fraud in recent months without presenting any evidence. He has asked his supporters to meet in Washington on Wednesday.
The lockdown action also divides Republicans themselves: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has already congratulated Biden on his electoral victory. McConnell urged his party colleagues to confirm Biden’s victory in Wednesday’s session after supporters of the Republican elect Trump failed in multiple courts in their attempts to overturn the election result.
to delay
Can the hardliners prevent Biden from taking office? Washington observers consider this impossible. They can force both houses of Congress to retreat to separate sessions to debate the objections and ultimately vote on whether or not to follow them. That would be practically a disruptive action, but it couldn’t stop the procedure, it could only lengthen it. Derek Muller, a law professor at the University of Iowa, talks about a “political joke,” but it’s one that not many will find funny anymore. While the 1887 Act, which governs how parliament confirms elections, is not drafted very clearly, Muller said, most scholars believe that Congress lacks the legal authority to request an examination.
It remains to be seen how Trump supporters will react if the two Democratic candidates win in Georgia. Trump has already called for “changing” the November 3 outcome in Georgia. Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler wants to defend her term against her Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock, Loeffler’s party colleague David Perdue, her Senate seat against Democrat Jon Ossoff. The second round elections are necessary because neither candidate had reached the 50 percent threshold in the first round of voting. If the two Democrats win, there would be a tie with the Republicans in the Washington Senate; In the event of a dispute, Vice President Kamala Harris would then have the task of deciding.
