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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Democrats grin and bear it as they set example for Republicans on peaceful transfer of power

Senator Deb Fischer, Republican from Nebraska, speaks as Vice President Kamala Harris (behind) and Speaker of the House Mike Johnson look on during a joint session of Congress to certify the results of the 2024 Presidential election, inside the House Chamber at the Capitol on January 6, 2025 - (AFP via Getty Images)

Four years after she found herself just 20 feet away from a “viable” pipe bomb amid the Capitol riot as her victory as vice president was to be certified, Kamala Harris stood on the dais in the House of Representatives next to one of the men who battled to overturn that election for Donald Trump.

Harris was a California senator on January 6, 2021 preparing to step up as second-in-command to Joe Biden while Mike Johnson, a backbencher Republican congressman from Louisiana, fought to keep Trump in the White House.

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