Electoral Ballots Saved from Senate Floor
[quote]Senators are crediting a "quick thinking" staffer for securing the 2020 Electoral College ballots while people were evacuated from the Capitol as rioters entered the building on Wednesday.
A joint session of Congress descended into chaos as supporters of President Trump who were protesting the Electoral College vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win swarmed the Capitol.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that the Electoral College certificates contained inside a trio of mahogany boxes would've been destroyed "by the mob," had they not been saved as lawmakers, aides and journalists were evacuated from the Senate chamber.[/quote]
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533004-democratic-senators-say-electoral-ballots-saved-from-senate-floor
A joint session of Congress descended into chaos as supporters of President Trump who were protesting the Electoral College vote to certify President-elect Joe Biden's win swarmed the Capitol.
Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) said Wednesday that the Electoral College certificates contained inside a trio of mahogany boxes would've been destroyed "by the mob," had they not been saved as lawmakers, aides and journalists were evacuated from the Senate chamber.[/quote]
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/533004-democratic-senators-say-electoral-ballots-saved-from-senate-floor
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