Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi finally made it to the end of a joint session of Congress that was interrupted by protesters busting into the Capitol building forcing members of the House and Senate into a lockdown. So to celebrate a job well done the two lawmakers bumped elbows.
Apparently, Pelosi initiated the friendly gesture after the House and Senate were able to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory, bringing an end to a long, difficult process.
The two also appeared to thank each other after the certification during a brief conversation.
The certification was already expected to be delayed by several Republicans objecting to the results in key battleground states including Pennsylvania and Georgia.
What Congress didn’t expect was a hoard of Trump supporters to push past security and breach the Capitol building, forcing some of them to evacuate and others to barricade themselves on the Senate floor.
When Capitol police finally cleared the rioters, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and other lawmakers said they would not be “intimidated” by the rioters and Congress went back to work to continue the certification process.
After some objections to results in Arizona and Pennsylvania were brought up for debate and ultimately defeated, Congress certified Joe Biden’s win at around 3:40 a.m. Thursday morning.
Looks like Nancy Pelosi thanked Mike Pence after the end of the electoral college certification ceremony. pic.twitter.com/enp9eguHwR
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Throughout Trump’s presidency, the House Speaker and Vice President have not always seen eye to eye so the small gesture was a surprising exchange was between the Democrat and Republican.
