{"id":20694,"date":"2021-01-07T12:17:13","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T09:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/?p=20694"},"modified":"2021-01-07T14:15:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T11:15:22","slug":"congress-certifies-joe-biden-as-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/07\/congress-certifies-joe-biden-as-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Congress Certifies Joe Biden As President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Congress has certified Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice-president of the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The electoral votes were approved after both the Senate and the House of Representatives rejected objections to the votes in the states of Pennsylvania and Arizona.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The normally procedural session of Congress was disrupted on Wednesday when supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mike-Pence.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20695\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mike-Pence.jpg 624w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mike-Pence-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Mike-Pence-360x240.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><figcaption>Mike Pence made the announcement, alongside Nancy Pelosi, in the joint meeting of Congress<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The session resumed and continued through the night after the building was cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump releases statement committing to &#8220;orderly transition&#8221;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>President Trump has just released a statement committing to &#8220;an orderly transition on January 20th&#8221; but repeating his unsubstantiated claims of electoral fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEven though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th,&#8221; he said, in a comment published on his spokesperson&#8217;s Twitter account.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/technology-55569604\">Twitter has temporarily blocked the president<\/a>&nbsp;from using his own account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. 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