Valley lawmakers oversee official count as Congress certifies Trump's win

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Congress officially cleared the mode connected Monday for Donald Trump to retake the Oval Office connected January 20.

Newly elected Republican Representative Vince Fong from the South Valley was successful the House Chamber Monday arsenic lawmakers counted the Electoral College vote.

"Every azygous authorities was accounted for," Fong said. "President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance are present officially certified, and now, we are going afloat steam up to January 20. It can't travel soon enough."

The certification took little than 30 minutes, a acold outcry from the country 4 years agone erstwhile an aggravated mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol.

That day, 147 Republican lawmakers objected to electoral votes successful Arizona and Pennsylvania.

But this year, determination were nary disruptions arsenic Vice President Harris opened the votes from each state, and House tellers work them aloud.

"The certificate of the electoral ballot from the authorities of California seems to beryllium regular successful signifier and authentic, and it appears therefrom Kamala D. Harris of the authorities of California received 54 votes for president," 1 of the tellers said.

In certifying the votes, Republican Congressman Tom McClintock of Modesto says lawmakers followed the Constitution.

"Congress has nary relation successful that but to really number those votes, and it cannot garbage to number votes, adjacent though it tries to asseverate that authorization from clip to time," helium told Action News connected Friday.

Democrats, similar Senator Alex Padilla, person called the January 6, 2021, onslaught "a stain connected American history."

The time inactive hangs implicit American politics.

President-elect Trump has vowed to pardon immoderate convicted rioters connected the archetypal time of his administration.

It could see a Madera man, Benjamin Martin, who is among those successful national situation successful transportation with breaching the Capitol.

"I deliberation immoderate of the pardons request to beryllium done," Fong said.

"You look astatine the politicization of the Department of Justice. You person a fig of radical that participated that did thing wrong. And present they're languishing successful jail."

This weekend, lawmakers volition conscionable with President-Elect Trump arsenic the House prepares to determination connected cardinal parts of his agenda.

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