Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to do what only two other vice presidents in recent history have done: preside over her loss in the White House race.
On Monday afternoon, Harris will chair a joint session of Congress where lawmakers will certify President-elect Donald Trump's victory over the current vice president in the November election.
The vice president said his mission is to ensure a peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next.
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Vice President Kamala Harris greets the Democratic National Committee holiday reception at the Willard Hotel on Sunday, December 15, 2024 in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
In a prerecorded video message released ahead of Congress' certification of the 2024 electoral votes, Harris said it was “guided by love of country, loyalty to the Constitution, and unwavering faith in the American people.” “It is a sacred duty” that she upholds, she said. . ”
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Harris cited the storming of the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters four years ago in an attempt to overturn Congress' certification of Trump's loss to President Biden in the 2020 election. As we have seen, our democracy can be fragile.”
“It is up to each of us to uphold our most cherished principles,” the vice president stressed.
A scene from the January 6 riot at the US Capitol in 2021. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
The Capitol building came hours after President Trump repeated his baseless claims at a large rally on the National Mall near the White House that the 2020 election was riddled with massive voter fraud and was stolen from him. later attacked. President Trump asked then-Vice President Mike Pence not to certify the election results.
In her role as Senate president, Harris is the first vice president to oversee the congressional certification of an election defeat since then-Vice President Al Gore, who narrowly lost to then-Texas governor, did so in January 2001. Become president. George W. Bush won the 2000 election, which was decided by a Supreme Court ruling.
Forty years ago, then-Vice President Richard Nixon presided over the certification of his narrow loss in the 1960 election to then-Sen. John F. Kennedy.
President Biden speaks at a reception for new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sunday, January 5, 2025 in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Senator)
Biden joined Harris in comments Sunday night, emphasizing his “determination to do everything in our power to honor the peaceful transfer of power.”
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Referring to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the president told new Democratic members of Congress, “It's your duty now to tell the truth. You remember what happened. And I “We will not allow January 6th to be rewritten or erased.” . ”
