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Republican lawmakers early Thursday objected to counting
Pennsylvania’s electors, further delaying the certification of Joe
Biden’s election victory after the House and Senate rejected an
earlier challenge to his win in Arizona.
The overnight scenes in Congress — normally a ceremonial
procedure but one that Donald Trump’s loyalists have sought to
co-opt as the last gasp attempt to keep the president in power —
come hours after violent unrest in the US Capitol by pro-Trump
rioters interrupted the process.
Senator Josh Hawley joined the objection of dozens of House
Republicans over Pennsylvania’s electors, prompting the two
chambers to debate the challenge.
In the Senate, though, Republican leader Mitch McConnell quickly
quashed debate and the chamber voted 92 to 7 to reject the
objection.
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Debate did proceed in the House, where Scott Perry of
Pennsylvania argued that his objection was aimed at safeguarding
the US Constitution.
That prompted a fiery rebuttal from Democrat Joe Neguse, who
held up a pocket copy of the charter and said: “Under our
constitution, Congress doesn’t choose the president, the American
people do, and they have chosen in resounding numbers.”
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during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in
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Earlier lawmakers swept aside the effort to reject Arizona’s 11
electoral votes.
Senators voted 93 to 6 against the objection, while in the
House, 303 lawmakers opposed it including 82 Republicans.
But even after the violence of the day, 121 Republicans voted
unsuccessfully to block the counting of Arizona’s votes.
The joint session of Congress is certifying the electoral votes
of all 50 states to confirm Biden’s 306-232 electoral victory in
November.
It was delayed when protesters stormed the Capitol building,
triggering unprecedented chaos and violence that drew condemnation
from around the world and some Republican scorn for Trump.
“We saw bloodshed because a demagogue chose to spread falsehoods
and sow distrust of his own fellow Americans,” said Senator Pat
Toomey, angry that other Republicans were objecting to the electors
of his state of Pennsylvania.
“Let’s not abet such deception. Let’s reject this motion,” he
said.
Egged on in an extraordinary rally by an aggrieved Trump, a
flag-waving mob broke down barricades outside the Capitol and
swarmed inside, rampaging through offices and onto the usually
solemn legislative floors.
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Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah,
has called for a sense of urgency in trying to salvage the
country.
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He said the frustration in the country is rising by the day,
adding that this could be seen in the rise in domestic violence and
inter-communal conflicts.
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In his sermon at the wake mass for Archbishop Peter Yariyock
Jatau at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cathedral, Kaduna on Tuesday, Kukah
rebuked corrupt politicians, accusing them of adopting
contractocracy as a governance mechanism.
He said: “Today, our dear nation is like the proverbial farmer
searching for his black goat. He has to do it with a sense of
urgency because darkness is setting in as the sun quickly
recedes.
“Our nation has become one huge waste land, huge debris of the
deceit, lies, treachery, double dealing and duplicity. Nigerian
politicians have turned our politics into a huge trojan horse, a
hoax, a hall of guile and dissimulation.
“The levels of frustration are rising by the day and we can see
all this in the rise in domestic violence and inter-communal
conflicts. A combination of all these has turned us unto a nation
at war with itself,” he said.
Kukah, in the sermon, also spoke about shortcomings in governance
and how the failings have imparted negatively on the citizens.
In the sermon titled, “A Nation in Search of Its Soul”, Kukah
mocked corrupted government officials who pretend to be religious
while wallowing in sinful lifestyle.
“Nigerians complain that the country is full of churches and
mosques and they cannot find the values of these religions in
everyday life. We sin at home by stealing the nation’s resources
but we seek repentance and forgiveness in Saudi Arabia and
Jerusalem in the guise of lesser or higher pilgrimages,” he
stated.
Kukah said remembering Jatau is an opportunity to recall the
contributions of Christian missionaries and Christian education to
laying the foundation for the production of the quality and calibre
of men and women of yesterday whose legendary moral fiber still
resonates in Nigeria today.