“In this battle for the soul of America, the democracy prevailed. We the people voted. Faith in our institutions held. The integrity of our elections remained intact. If no one knew before, we now know. What beats strong in the hearts of the American people is this: democracy. The right to be heard, to have one’s vote counted, to choose the leaders of this nation, to govern ourselves. In America, politicians do not take power, the people give it to them – he emphasizes -. The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And now we know that nothing, not even a pandemic or an abuse of power, can extinguish that flame. “
“As I said during this campaign, I will be the president of all Americans. There is urgent work ahead of us all – explains Biden -. Putting the pandemic under control by vaccinating the nation against this virus, providing immediate economic help so badly needed to so many Americans who are harmed today and then rebuilding our economy better than ever. “
The vote of the great voters At the end of a long day, the 538 “big voters” of the 50 states and the capital put the seal on the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Generally a purely ceremonial rite, except that Donald Trump continues to denounce fraudulent elections and to consider his rival an illegitimate president even after a conservative-majority Constitutional Court has rejected his latest appeal.
The large voters, whose number varies according to the population, gathered to vote according to the result of the popular vote in their state, as required by law, despite the possibility of some “infidel”: 306 for the ticket dem, 232 for the Republican one, with a quorum of 270 to enter the White House. In some cases the operations were carried out under high tension, as in Michigan, one of the most disputed states, where the parliament was closed for “credible threats of violence” arrive at the congressmen of both parties. In Wisconsin, however, the Supreme Court rejected for the second time Trump’s attempt to invalidate over 200,000 votes. The president and his closest allies now have a final seat in which to contest the outcome of the elections, but practically without hope: the Congress, which on January 6 will formally count the votes of the electoral college in combined chambers.
The new parliamentarians will be able to submit written objections which, however, will be evaluated only if co-signed by at least one member of each House. Otherwise they will remain a pure act of protest, as happened in 2017 when several dem deputies contested Trump’s victory in some states due to Russian interference but Hillary Clinton had already admitted defeat and no senator of the party joined the initiative.
If, on the other hand, there is a “couple” of representatives of the two Houses, the plenary session will be interrupted and each House will discuss the objection for a maximum of two hours, before voting whether to overturn the result of the State in question. But to really overturn it will require the consent of both houses of Parliament, which has not happened since the so-called era of the Reconstruction, the period following the American Civil War from 1865 to 1877. Especially since the Chamber is in the hands of the dem, while the fate of the Senate – now controlled by the Republicans – are hanging on the two ballots of January 5.
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