Vice-President Mike Pence re-opens Congressional session to certify the electoral college vote saying the violent Trump supporters who stormed the Capitol did not win. Romney specifically ridiculed Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and other Republicans who want an "audit" of the election results: "Please!" In the days before the joint session, Trump pressured his vice-president to toss electors from battleground states that voted for Biden. A U.S. Capitol police officer shoots pepper spray at a protestor attempting to enter the Capitol building during a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Arizona was the first of several states facing objections from the Republicans as Congress took an alphabetical reading of the election results.

Source: CBC News January 06, 2021 18:23 UTC