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The 80-year-old Democrat obtained 219 votes in favor and 206 against, remaining in the position for which she was elected and that places her in the third row of the presidential succession, behind the vice president.
Pelosi, who had already held office between 2007 and 2011, did not face any opponents, but had to overcome two problems to be re-elected, according to the Spanish news agency Efe: the possibility that some Democrats will break ranks and the risk of that others decide not to. travel to the US capital due to the covid-19 pandemic.
As of this Sunday (3), the representatives of the Democratic Party will occupy 222 seats in the House of Representatives, while the Republicans will have 211, so it was important to guarantee the presence of almost all Democrats in the vote.
Pelosi’s vote comes on the same day that a recording of Trump asking the Georgia governor to “find” the necessary votes to reverse the vote in this state was released, with several news reports of divisions within the Republican Party on these. Attempts by the still president, on the eve of several demonstrations encouraged by Trump in Washington in his favor.
According to the AP, Trump is said to have secured the support of a dozen Republican senators and up to 100 members of the House of Representatives to challenge the Electoral College vote when Congress meets in a joint session to confirm President-elect Joe Biden. , who won the elections with 306 votes in favor and 232 votes against.
Joe Biden will take office on January 20, with the immediate priorities of fighting the covid-19 pandemic and taking back the world’s largest economy.
