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Political times on a hot plate in the United States

2021-01-04T13:40:48.012Z


Washington-SANA on a Hot Plate. Political days pass in the United States of America, where the conflict rages on


Washington-SANA

On a hot tin, the political days pass in the United States of America, where the conflict rages as the zero hour approaches the inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden as president of the United States of America on the twentieth of this month, with the outgoing President Donald Trump continuing his refusal to acknowledge his electoral defeat and his attempts to confuse the results and pressure to change some of them Until the last moments of his life.

The members of the US Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, were sworn in yesterday, amid a tense atmosphere between Democrats and Republicans, as the new Congress assumed its duties in Washington amid anticipation to resolve the identity of the outstanding majority in the Senate pending the end of the elections scheduled for Tuesday in the state of Georgia, while a number of Republican lawmakers were engaged in an attempt that seems not Meaningful to cancel Biden's victory by objecting to the results of the vote in some states.

And CNN announced on the first of this month that Republican lawmakers might try to challenge the results of the US presidential elections during the approval process in Congress on the sixth of this month.

Yesterday, the Washington Post revealed a leaked call in which Trump threatens Georgia State Secretary Brad Ravensberger of criminal consequences if he does not comply with his desire to find about 12,000 votes to turn the electoral teams in his favor with his rival Biden, while Kamala Harris, the US Vice President-elect, described this. The threat is an abuse of power, while former US defense ministers demanded that US military forces not intervene in the current political transition process in the United States, according to the same newspaper.

At political times, today will be the first day on Capitol Hill for members of Congress at a time when the Democrats have retained control of the House of Representatives in the elections, and Nancy Pelosi was re-elected as speaker of the House after she got enough votes to be re-elected to the House last Sunday.

According to "CNN", the balance of power in the Senate will not be determined until tomorrow at the earliest, as all eyes are on the state of Georgia, which will decide which party will win the majority in the House.

"If any of the incumbent Republicans, Kelly Loeffler and David Purdue, keep their seats, the Republican Party will retain majority control in the House, but if the Democratic rivals John Osov and Raphael Warnock win, the Democrats will gain control of the Senate thanks to the vote of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris," the network said.

She indicated that recent opinion polls show that the numbers are very close in the state and that the results cannot be expected before the completion of the vote count.

Next Wednesday, the US Congress will begin the official count of electoral college votes, as Pelosi wrote in a letter to Democrats in anticipation of the two chambers meeting to count the Electoral College votes, "Wednesday, January 6 is a day full of meanings."

These procedures are usually routine, but they are of great importance this year. Twelve members of the Senate and nearly 140 deputies announced their intention to vote against the counting of the electoral college votes in favor of Biden due to allegations they made of fraud during the elections, according to the French Press Agency and the network "CNN" “American.

According to American media, the consultations on the results of the electoral college may not end before the morning of the seventh of this month, as Congress must consider every objection submitted by any of the US states before voting on the final outcome.

Source: sena

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