But the group quickly broke up when Pelosi called for order on the floor. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shot down the objection, but a few minutes later Republicans and Democrats streamed to the middle aisle, with around a dozen lawmakers getting close to each other and arguing. Conner Lamb amid debate on Pennsylvania Electoral College votes Conner Lamb interrupted during PA Electoral College debate
Conor Lamb, D-Pa., said a breach of the Capitol by an angry mob earlier in the day was "inspired by lies, the same lies you are hearing in this room tonight." Morgan Griffiths, R-Va., objected after Rep. RELATED: 17 members of Congress sign letter to Pence asking him to invoke 25th Amendment to remove TrumpĪfter a short debate, the Senate voted down the objection.Ī small group of House lawmakers came close to physically fighting early Thursday morning as the congressional count of electoral votes stretched into the wee hours and a Pennsylvania Democrat charged that Republicans had been telling "lies" about his state’s votes. Josh Hawley objected to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes, forcing both chambers to separate once again to debate the objection. Though the Arizona, Michigan, Georgia and Wisconsin objections were thwarted, House Republicans and Sen. Trump falsely claimed victory in several battleground states and repeatedly spread misinformation of voter fraud without evidence. Objections to the Electoral College votes in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, which all went to Biden, were withdrawn by senators in the wake of the pro-Trump riot inside the U.S.
Republicans raised the objections based on false claims pushed by Trump and others of issues with the vote in Arizona and Pennsylvania, which were repeatedly dismissed in courts and by state election officials.
((Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) A person holds the certificate of votes from the commonwealth of Pennsylvania during a joint session of Congress after the session resumed following protests at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, early on January 7, 2021.
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