Congress Resumes Electoral Vote Tally After Mob’s Disruption
- Pence calls storming of Capitol a ‘dark day’ for country
- McConnell says Congress will certify 2020 presidential vote
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The House and Senate resumed a politically charged debate over the legitimacy of the presidential election hours after a pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and drove lawmakers from their chambers.
Senators continued debating a challenge to Arizona’s electoral vote count, brought by Representative Paul Gosar and other GOP lawmakers as an act of support for President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of vote fraud. The House was set to resume soon after.