Posted on 01/07/2017 2:57:58 AM PST by Candor7
Congress certified Donald Trump's presidential victory over the objections of a handful of House Democrats.
All 538 electors met in their respective state capitals in December to cast their votes. The vote count made it official. Vice-president Joe Biden presided over the count in his role as president of the Senate.
Trump finished with 304 electoral votes and Democrat Hillary Clinton got 227. There were seven protest votes for other candidates. It takes 270 Electoral College votes to win the presidency.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Just watched the whole thing. It is worth watching.
I never thought I’d say this, but here goes:
Kudos to Joe Biden.
I mean, he was only doing his constitutional duty... but he did do it. And he did it efficiently and well.
Plugs did his constitutional duty. I got a kick out of Ryan’s gleeful monkey shines in the back ground!
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