Here's What Really Made January 6, 2025 Historic
January 6, 2025, was a truly remarkable day in U.S. political history. Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 elections was certified, and Kamala Harris had to preside over the certification. It was beautiful and went smoothly, without incident.
Naturally, Democrats swiftly asserted their moral superiority, highlighting their party's example of a smooth and peaceful process.
"Obviously there was a huge difference between this January 6 and the other January 6... We hope that'll be a good example for years to come," Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said.
Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) claimed that Democrats "respect the democratic institutions even when they're not in our favor."
Except, that’s not true. In fact, Monday was truly historic because it marked the first time since 1988 that no Congressional Democrat objected to certifying the victory of a Republican presidential candidate.
The first time Democrats objected to Electoral College certification was back in 2000. Several House Democrats, still burned over Al Gore’s failure to steal the election from George W. Bush, objected to Florida’s electors, citing concerns about ballot “irregularities.”
The New York Times reported at the time that “for nearly 20 minutes in the cavernous House chamber, a dozen members of the Congressional Black Caucus, joined by a few sympathizers, tried in vain to block the counting of Florida's 25 electoral votes, protesting that black voters had been disenfranchised.”
However, without support from the Senate, their objections went nowhere.
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Even when George W. Bush won the popular vote four years later, Democrats still objected to the counting of the electoral votes over unfounded allegations of irregularities in Ohio.
“To call attention to voting problems, California Sen. Barbara Boxer and an Ohio congresswoman forced a delay of the ceremonial count of electoral votes Thursday in a joint session of Congress called to certify President Bush’s reelection victory,” The Los Angeles Times reported. “The protests lodged by Boxer and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, both Democrats, spurred House and Senate debates on voting problems in Ohio, the state that decided November’s election.”
Then-Vice President Joe Biden presided over the joint session of Congress when Democrats objected to the certification of Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, citing objections over bogus claims of Russian interference in the election. However, no Senator joined the effort.
I’d love to believe that the absence of Democrat objections to Trump’s victory marks the end of their habit of contesting elections they lose, but let’s be honest—this wasn’t some noble commitment to the peaceful transfer of power. Do they really think we’ll forget how they spent the last four years doing everything possible to keep Trump out of the White House? From weaponizing the justice system against him to trying to remove him from the ballot, their actions tell the real story.
The only reason they didn’t formally object to the certification was to manufacture the illusion of moral high ground and create a convenient talking point. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
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i believe that the democrats promoting a peaceful transfer of power and not promoting an insurrection is truly remarkable. highlighting a truly remarkable difference between the parties. and democrats have never promoted an insurrection after they lost a presidential election. that distinction belongs only to the current republican party.