Capitol heavily secured for election certification as Trump's Jan. 6 pardon plans remain largely a mystery
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Congress Certifies Trump's 2024 Election Win
Above: Vice-Pres. Kamala Harris talks with members of Congress after certifying the 2024 Electoral College vote Jan. 06, 2025. Image copyright: Win McNamee/Staff/Getty Images News via Getty Images
The Spin
Democratic narrative
While Republicans continue to obfuscate the tragedies of Jan. 6, 2021, that day's insurrection shows how fragile US institutions can be. But Harris and the Democrats have again proven to be the defenders of democracy by certifying Trump's win without objections — something Republicans failed to do despite lacking evidence of anything untoward in the 2020 results.
Republican narrative
Give Democrats some credit: this was the first time in two decades they didn't object to a Republican president's victory. Defenders of democracy wouldn't have arrested and imprisoned hundreds of patriots who were calling attention to irregularities in the 2020 results. The new administration can't take over and get America back on the right track soon enough.