WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress certified the 2024 election results Monday, including Alabama’s nine electoral votes for President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance.
The Capitol was blanketed in snow and extra security measures for the electoral vote certification, marking a significant change from Jan. 6, 2021 when a mob stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop the certification of the 2020 election results.
All nine of Alabama’s lawmakers were present for Monday’s joint session in the House chamber. Vice President Kamala Harris presided over the process. Trump captured 312 electoral votes, while Harris had 226.
The certification process was peaceful and took roughly 30 minutes with no objections.
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Enterprise, said he was glad to be there to witness the counting of the electoral votes.
“I was one of the first in the nation to endorse [Trump], but when I came in 2020, it obviously didn’t go the way we wanted it to, so it’s just an honor to be here,” Moore told Alabama Daily News.
In 2021, Moore along with current Reps. Robert Aderholt, R-Haleyville, Gary Palmer, R-Birmingham, and Mike Rogers, R-Saks, all voted against certifying the 2020 election results. U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville also voted against certifying the 2020 results.
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Tuberville said there was a lot of animosity after the 2020 election and that he was glad to see a smooth process this time.
“It’s a good day up here today and now we can get on with it and two weeks from today he will take the oath of office,” Tuberville told ADN.
Tuberville also said he supports Trump’s promise to pardon Jan. 6, 2021 defendants and said he hopes Trump would announce a pardon for them during his inauguration speech.
Rep. Terri Sewell, D-Birmingham, marked a more somber tone Monday releasing a statement on the fear she felt inside the Capitol four years ago.
“I will always remember the feeling of terror and the thunderous sound of the mob as my colleagues and I laid trapped in the House Gallery,” Rep. Sewell said in a statement.
She went on to say, “our elections are sacred, and for our democracy to work, we must always respect the outcome, even when we disagree.”
Vance sat in the House chamber as the tally was counted, the Associated Press reported.
“It was really special too, to get to see JD be there for the certification of the election and obviously going to be our new vice president,” U.S. Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, told ADN. “I have such a tremendous respect for him as a colleague and as a friend.”