The US Congress on Monday certified President-elect Donald Trump’s victory in the November 2024 election, peacefully wrapping up a ritual his supporters had tried to prevent in 2021 in the misleading belief that he had been cheated of a win. Vice-President Kamala Harris presided over the process on a snowy day that amounted essentially to certifying her own defeat to Trump as the Democratic Party nominee. “The whole number of the electors appointed to vote for President of the United States is 538. Within that whole number, the majority is 270,” Harris said, ending the proceedings.
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