Meanwhile, as President Trump increases the velocity of his lies down on the Mall, a Joint Session of Congress to count the electoral college ballots has begun at @uscapitol. @cspan: c-span.org/video/?507663-… @SpeakerPelosi just gaveled it in.
@uscapitol @cspan @SpeakerPelosi A split screen moment.

This President is now angrily (in)effectively counter-programming the Congress meeting up Pennsylvania to verify the certificates of the electors with an alternative reality TV show of denialism, fabulism, & grievance on the Mall:
@uscapitol @cspan @SpeakerPelosi "Respectfully, the gentleman's parliamentary inquiry constitutes debate, which is not permitted in the Joint Session under Section 18 of Title III, US Code."-@VP @Mike_Pence
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/3/…
(What's happening down on the Mall or outside Capitol is something else.) Image
@uscapitol @cspan @SpeakerPelosi @VP @Mike_Pence Now @RepGosar rises to object to the certificates from Arizona.
@VP asks if it's in writing.
It is.
Signed by a senator?
@SenTedCruz says it is.
{Applause}
Now the objection is being read.

And now the Senate will withdraw from joint session, & Members will discuss.

On we go.
@uscapitol @cspan @SpeakerPelosi @VP @Mike_Pence @RepGosar @SenTedCruz Statement from the @VP: "my oath to support and defend the Constitution constrains me from claiming unilateral authority to determine which electoral votes should be counted and which should be not"-@Mike_Pence ImageImage

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7 Jan
Watching President-Elect @JoeBiden on @cspan as he announce his nominees to lead @TheJusticeDept:
He says
-will focus on judiciary & @TheJusticeDept
-will be time to ask about 25th Amendment
-yesterday was one of darkest days in the history of our nation
Biden: An unprecedented assault on our democracy.
An assault literally on the citadel of liberty: the @uscapitol itself.
An assault on the rule of law.
On the most sacred of American undertakings: ratifying the will of the people in choosing the leadership of their government.
Biden: All of us here grieve the loss of life.
Grieve the desecration of the People's House.
But what we witnessed yesterday was not dissent, not disorder.
It was not a protest.
It was chaos.
They weren't protestors.
They were a riotous mob.
Insurrectionists.
Domestic terrorists.
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First @SteveScalise, now @RepMTG, keep having to push masks back up.

It's symbolic of institutional failure.

The House & Senate should have procured & issued N95 masks months ago, & the attending physician of Congress should have ensured they use them.
nytimes.com/2020/05/16/us/…
Now @CongressmanJVD is having the same problem, & had the Speaker of the House remind him to pull up his mask.

Please work with physicians, Sergeant of Arms & @HHSGov to procure all Members & staff N95 masks & demonstrate use tomorrow, @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr @SenSchumer.
And then @CawthornforNC gave remarks with no mask at all, with no comment or reminder from @SpeakerPelosi.

Is there a reason the youngest Member in Congress would get a pass from its public health protocols in a pandemic, @RulesDemocrats?
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Democracy back in action.
Objection by @mtgreenee was in writing, but did not have the signature of a Senator, so @VP read the US Code, & moved on.

She was heard, but did not gain support.

Gotta say, tonight might be one @Mike_Pence's finest moment.

Make good governance boring again!
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It was in writing, but no US Senator joined in the effort
{applause}
The objection cannot be entertained, & on we go.
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Today, the President of the United States kept telling
absurd lies & refused to concede.
He incited acts of domestic terrorism.
Members of the @Cabinet should be quietly considering the 25th Amendment.
The House should open an impeachment inquiry, @RepJerryNadler @SpeakerPelosi
An inquiry is not a conviction.

It is the first, necessary step for Congress to hold a corrupt President willing to lie & incite his partisans to overturn an election accountable.

He incited a mob towards an insurrection that breached the @uscapitol, disrupting a Joint Session. ImageImageImageImage
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Bowser:
@DCPoliceDept has been deployed to support @CapitolPolice
• DCPD chiec will lead mission to clear @uscapitol building & establish a perimeter around the capitol
•Maryland & Virginia state police will deploy to help regain control of the US Capitol & maintain order
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•People were able to gain access
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Dear @POTUS @realDonaldTrump:
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"I call on President Trump to on TV now to fulfill his oath"
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