After a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Louisiana lawmakers condemned the violence and accepted the transition of power following Congresses vote certifying President-elect Biden’s victory.
Representative Garret Graves released a statement on social media detailing his objections President-elect’s Electoral College victory saying, “It appears that the cumulative actions in Pennsylvania did not result in fair elections in that state. This tipped the scales of the election in favor of Vice President Biden. In the case of Pennsylvania, a substantial number of legislators did object. For these reasons, I voted to object to the electoral votes in Pennsylvania. The U.S. Senate voted 92 to 7 to affirm Pennsylvania’s electoral votes. The final House vote was 282 (to affirm) to 138 (to object).”
“This election is over and it is past-time to move on,” Graves added.
Because of riots at the Capitol, Twitter suspended President Donald Trump’s twitter account for violating its Twitter policies.
Once Congress voted to White House Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino tweeted a statement on behalf of the President.
““Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th. I have always said we would continue our fight to ensure that only legal votes were counted. While this represents the end of the greatest first term in presidential history, it’s only the beginning of our fight to Make America Great Again!”
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As the violence unfolded yesterday, Louisiana leaders took to social media to condemn the mob.
“This is supposed to be a peaceful transition of power. What they are doing is absolutely wrong. It is un-American,” Senator Bill Cassidy said in a post to social media.
“It is beyond time to remember that while we may disagree, we are all Americans, and there is far more that unites us than divides us,” Congressman Mike Johnson said, condemning the mob violence.
On Thursday, Louisiana leaders will join one another on the steps of the State Capitol to call for the end of violence and a peaceful transition of power.