Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi concluded an early and sometimes terrifying joint congressional session with an elbow push in the early hours of Thursday.
The friendly gesture, apparently inspired by Pelosi, came after the House and Senate election won President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College, ending a long, difficult day. Pence is the chairman of the Senate.
The two also had a brief conversation after the certification and it appears they are thanking each other.
The certification, which is a formality in most election years, was intended to be delayed by objections from some Republican lawmakers to the results in a handful of battlefield states.
NANCY PELOSI’S OFFICE STORED DURING CAPITOL CHAOS, SENATE ROOM ALSO BREAK
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, and Vice President Mike Pence speak before a House and Senate joint session convenes to vote on the November College Elections at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, November 6 January, to be confirmed. , 2021. (Associated Press)
However, after Congress began the process Wednesday, a group of Trump supporters violated the Capitol building, forcing some to take refuge and others to evacuate.
HOUSE, SENATE BACK TO CAPITOLO TO CERTIFY VOTE FOR ELECTRICAL COLLEGE
When the Capitol police finally removed the rioters, Congress went back into session to continue the certification process. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other lawmakers vowed not to be “intimidated” by the rioters.
After objections to the results were debated and defeated in Arizona and Pennsylvania, Congress on Thursday at 3:40 a.m. certified ET Biden’s victory.
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Pelosi and Pence did not always see eye to eye, and the small gesture was a leap from a tense exchange between Democrats and some Republicans, including last year’s state of the nation address when she made her copy of President Trump’s remarks following advancing his speech.