With Snow Blast Imminent, Speaker Johnson Says ‘We Cannot Delay’ Certification Of Trump’s Victory
Congress must not allow a snow storm to delay the certification of President-elect Donald Trump‘s Electoral College victory, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said on Sunday.
“Well, I hope we have full attendance. We’ve got a big snow storm coming to D.C. and we encourage all of our colleagues, ‘Do not leave town. Stay here.’ Because, as you know, the Electoral Count Act requires this on January 6 at 1 p.m. So, whether we’re in a blizzard or not we’re going to be in that chamber making sure this is done,” Johnson told Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo during a “Sunday Morning Futures” interview.
Speaker Johnson on certifying the 2024 election:
“Whether we’re in a blizzard or not we’re going to be in that chamber making sure this is done.” pic.twitter.com/Krhg1DU2j1
— Bobby LaValley (@Bobby_LaVallley) January 5, 2025
Forecasters have issued a Winter Storm Warning for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area and expect up to up to 10 or more inches of snow through Monday, when the House and Senate are slated to meet for a joint session of Congress to affirm the 2024 results. Punchbowl News co-founder Jake Sherman noted on X that the House needs a quorum of 218 — a simple majority of all the sitting House lawmakers — to conduct business and most members stayed in town for a weekend session to discuss plans for budget reconciliation at Fort McNair.
“Listen, President Trump had a mandate — a landslide, you know — so many electoral votes and we get to count them all. We cannot delay that certification,” Johnson added. “He deserves that; 77 million Americans voted for President Trump and this agenda — almost 75 million for the House. That’s our highest number ever. So, we call it a mandate. I believe it is. And we’ve got to get to work beginning immediately on Monday.”
Other House Republicans posted to social media about showing up on Monday.
“Unless [Elon Musk] has figured out how to control the weather it looks bad. If you are a Republican member of Congress I’d get to Washington. We have a President [Trump] to certify,” quipped Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN).
“Jan 6th at 1:00 pm Congress must certify President Trump’s historic election,” said Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). “Washington has a winter storm warning for Jan 5-7th expecting possibly a foot of snow. Many members of congress left town this weekend even though they were told to stay. I’m here and will walk to the Capitol if I have to.”