After the smoke cleared from the chaos at the Capitol, Pennsylvania's Senators took to the Senate floor to defend the Commonwealth against accusations of voting irregularities as the State's electoral college results were called into question.
Republican Senator Pat Toomey noted the similarities to other states in the results of the election.
“The president had lost a little ground in most of the rural counties he carried, he lost a lot a ground in the big suburban counties, there are no surprises here,” said Toomey. “This reflects a pattern that occurred all across the country.”
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Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, along with Representative Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, raised an objection to Pennsylvania's electoral college count, triggering a procedural two-hour debate in both chambers of congress. During that debate, Republican Pat Toomey noted that the Pennsylvania law from 2019 that enabled mail-in voting met no resistance until this fall.
“This law was not challenged when it was passed, it wasn’t challenged when it was applied during the June primary election, it was only challenged after President Trump lost the general election,” said Toomey.
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Fellow Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey (Democrat) also addressed the Commonwealth’s framework for voting.
“There is no in person requirement in our state’s constitution, the constitution set a floor, not a ceiling for this type of voting,” said Casey.
Ultimately, the challenge to the State's election results was overturned, allowing the confirmation of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to proceed in the early hours of this morning.