The Senate was strong in strategy as they planned to object to the certifications of the electoral votes of certain contested states. But after a mob breached the capital, delaying the proceedings for hours, the Senators caved. As a result, Joe Biden was officially certified as President of the United States at 3:45 am on November 7th, 2021.
History was being made as over 140 House members and over a dozen Senators were set to make historic speeches. The evidence was to be presented of how our constitution was violated in the Presidential election by voting irregularities in five to seven states.
A strong case, led by Senator Ted Cruz, was built to possibly send electoral votes back to the states to allow the legislatures to investigate the allegations of lawbreaking and decide if they stand by their certified electoral votes. It had the support of over a dozen Senators.
The history of the day should have been a long day of legitimate debate.
Please take a minute and listen to what was happening before the riot. Senator Ted Cruz made an excellent argument to start off the objections to the electoral college of Arizona and all the coming objections.
In order for an objection to be filed for the Electoral votes for a particular state, the objection must be signed in writing by a member of the House and Senate.
Arizona had objections from both the House and Senate.
The House members and Senate members, as is normal, retreated to their separate chambers to debate the issues in Arizona and the validity of the electoral votes.
As they had started their debate, disruption came.
The rioters, a mob, surged into the Capitol, breaking through windows and doors, into the rotunda, down the hallways, and towards the chambers. The sessions were disrupted with staffers running into the room shouting, and the legislative session was soon halted.
The cameras went dark, saying the session was suspended. The Senators and Representatives were ushered quickly by police to the tunnels under the capital through which they could safely be moved back to the Senate Office buildings and House office buildings. They were ordered to “shelter in place.”
Hours later, when the Capitol was cleared, they returned, shaken to the core by what had happened. Word quickly spread that a woman had been shot and killed.
Unfortunately, the impact of the attack on the capital took its toll. Senator Kelly Loeffler had intended to object to the electoral vote of Arizona, but after the scare of the riot, she pulled back her objection. She also was supposed to be the Senator of record for signature on the objection to Georgia electors, and she withdrew.
Members of Congress are given 5 minutes to express why they support or do not support the objection. Rather than talking about the issues in Arizona, unfortunately, the 5-minute speeches largely became mere political speeches and an opportunity to thank the police that kept them safe earlier that day.
Congressman Matt Gaetz gave the highlight speech of the night as he expressed the unbridled truth that America needed to hear spoken so badly.
Before the mob overran the Capitol, the electoral votes of 6 to 7 states were expected to have objections by a large number of 100-140 members of the House and up to 13 Senators.
After the event, the members of the House of Representatives stood strong, solid on their objections to the electoral votes of certain states.
In these states, the state legislators themselves had sent letters to the House and Senate asking them to not accept the certification from their state. The election laws of the states had been badly broken outside the will of the legislators. they asked for more time to see the evidence and recertify their states’ votes properly.
However, after the breach of the Capitol, the Senate fell apart. The Senators that had committed to stand with the House members to object to the multiple states backed out.
When the objections were made to the electoral votes of Georgia, Nevada, and Michigan, the objections were signed on by 50-70 House members but fell to the floor as no Senator signed on to the objections. Again, an objection, in order to move forward, has to be signed in writing by at least one member of the House and one from the Senate.
Finally, Pennsylvania, the state with the most violations of the Constitution, had aggressive debate for hours in the House chamber. The Senate had quickly completed their debate and voted 93 to 7 to not accept the objections and approve to certify the votes of Pennsylvania.
Eventually, the House had a very close vote with 138 Republican House members agreeing to the objection of Pennsylvania’s electoral college and 218 Democrats voting against the objection. 64 republicans also voted no.
Later, at 3:30am on January 7th, Representative Louie Gohmert objected to the electoral college of Wisconsin. The Senator that was to object withdrew his objection so it could not be debated.
As Pennsylvania was the strongest case for decertification of the vote, and the Senators refused to object to the other states, this cemented the electoral college for Joe Biden.
