Today, I did what I have done my entire career, which has taken seriously the oath that I have taken many times to support and defend the Constitution of the United States, which included today performing my constitutional duties to ensure that the people of America, the voters of America, will have their votes counted, that those votes matter,

and that they will determine then the outcome of an election.

I do believe very strongly that America's democracy is only as strong as our willingness to fight for it.

Every single person, their willingness to fight for every single person, their willingness to fight for and

respect the importance of our democracy. Otherwise, it is very fragile and it will not be able to

withstand moments of crisis. And today, America's democracy stood.

Vice President Harris, after the certification of the 2024 election results, pointing out

the stark contrast between yesterday and what took place four years ago yesterday, when a mob of

Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to block

what is usually a mundane certification process. Good morning and welcome to Morning Joe. It is

Tuesday, January 7th. With us, we have the co-host of our fourth hour, Johnton Lemire.

MSNBC contributor, Mike Barnacle, is with us.

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and associate editor of the Washington Post.

Eugene Robinson is here.

And NBC News and MSNBC political analyst, former U.S.N.S.N.B.C. political analyst.

Former U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill.

So, Joe, it should have been a boring process, but all eyes were

on the Capitol yesterday, especially given what happened four years ago and given the division

in our country that still exists about whether or not that was a massive moment in history,

never to happen again.

Now, you see some of the numbers that came out in polls yesterday about Republicans,

how they felt in January of 21 and how they feel now.

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