It was a divided house in Mississippi when it came to testifying to the results of the Electoral College on Thursday following a riot that began in the US Capitol, killing four people and injuring dozens.
The US Senate and US House of Representatives resumed proceedings on Wednesday night, despite the chaos that night.
Unable to object to the certification of electoral votes, Vice President Mike Pence announced former Vice President Joe Biden and US Sen. Kamala Harris as the country’s next President and Vice President.
While an overwhelming majority voted against the objection, most Mississippi lawmakers voiced their support, claiming that the electoral process was corrupt and that the 2020 presidential election results were based on fraud.
Sensor. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker, both Republicans, effectively rescinded their Senate vote on the objection, with Hyde-Smith in favor of the objection and Wicker taking a stand against it.
“I am disappointed with the outcome of the 2020 election,” he said in a news release. However, our campaign lost a close election, and it is time to accept it. The president’s own attorney general, his head of election security, and several Trump-appointed, conservative federal judges have found that despite widespread accusations of fraud, there was not enough evidence to alter the outcome of the election in any state. . “
