president elect of the united states. but tabitha said we just lost tommy, and we can t lose you. and it s a dangerous environment out there. and so, we were actually up in pennsylvania, we watched the inauguration of course, and i was so proud. to me, that was just a great moment in our history, to see that happen. after everything we d been through. this is so exciting. yeah. my distinguished guests, my fellow americans, this is america s day. this is democracy s day.
especially against republicans who defected from trump. i wasn t afraid of anything at that point. my state of mind was essentially that that the very worst thing that ever could happen, just happened. ladies and gentlemen, the president elect of the united states. but tabitha said we just lost tommy, and we can t lose you. and it s a dangerous environment out there. and so, we were actually up in pennsylvania, we watched the inauguration of course, and i was so proud. to me, that was just a great moment in our history, to see that happen. after everything we d been through. this is so exciting. yeah. my distinguished guests, my fellow americans, this is
four days after the electors met across the country and meet joe biden the president elect, donald trump was still trying to wait to fight to hang on to the presidency. on friday december 18th, his team of outside advisers paid him a surprise visit in the white house that would quickly become the stuff of legend. the meeting has been called unhinged, not normal, and the creek east meeting of the trump presidency. the outside lawyers who had been involved in dozens of failed lawsuits had lots of theories supporting the big lie, but no evidence to support it. as we will see, however, a brought to the white house a draft executive order that they prepared for president trump to further his ends, specifically, they propose the immediate mass caesars of state election machines by the u.s. military. the meeting ended after midnight with a parent rejection of that idea. in the wee hours of december 19th, dissatisfied with his options, donald trump decided
. you cannot turn violent and you cannot try to achieve desires through harassment or intimidation. and a real leader who sees that going down that path, approaching that line has a responsibility to say stop. we gave it our boost. we came up short. we try again next time. because we settle our differences at the ballot box. on december 14th, 2020, the presidential election was officially over. electoral college had cast his vote, joe biden was the president elect of the united states. by that point, many of donald trump s supporters were already convinced that the election had been stolen. because that s where donald trump had been telling them. so with donald trump was
that yesterday s despots could only had dreamed of. i yield back to the gentlelady from florida. big article two of the united states constitution establishes the electoral college. each state laws provide that electors are to be chosen by a popular vote. and on december 14th, 2020, electors met in all 50 states in the district of columbia to cast their votes. joseph biden won by a margin of 306 to 232. the election was over. mr. biden was the president elect. before the electoral college meant, donald trump and his allies dug fought dozens of legal challenges. but they lost over and over again, including in front of multiple judges, president trump had nominated to the bench. in many of these cases, the judges were highly critical of the arguments put forward, explaining that no genuine evidence of widespread fraud