美国国会确认拜登当选下一任总统

The US Congress certified¹ Democrat² Joe Biden's presidential election victory with 306 Electoral College votes early Thursday morning, after supporters of President Donald Trump³ stormed the Capitol, halting the certification process for several hours.

1月7日凌晨，美国国会确认民主党人乔·拜登赢得306张选举人票，在总统选举中获胜。此前，现任总统特朗普的支持者冲进国会大厦，导致确认程序中断数小时。

 

特朗普随后通过白宫发言人的社交媒体账号表态：

 

Even though I totally disagree with the outcome of the election, and the facts bear me out, nevertheless there will be an orderly transition on January 20th.

虽然我对选举结果完全不认同，事实也证明我是对的，不过，1月20日的权力交接会有序进行的。

 

国会大厦暴力事件导致4人死亡

 

Four people died on the US Capitol grounds and at least 52 people had been arrested by Wednesday night, according to US media reports.

据美国媒体报道，事件中有4人在国会大厦死亡，截至当地时间1月6日晚，至少52人被逮捕。

 

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a citywide curfew from 6 pm on Wednesday to 6 am on Thursday.

华盛顿特区市长穆里尔·鲍泽宣布从1月6日18点至1月7日6点实行全市宵禁。

 

民主党赢得参议院控制权

 

Also on Wednesday, Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated Republican incumbent⁴ David Perdue in the Georgia runoff, giving Democrats⁵ control of the US Senate.

同样在1月6日，民主党人乔恩·奥索夫在佐治亚参议员选举中击败了共和党现任参议员大卫·珀杜，使民主党获得参议院控制权。

 

Ossoff's victory came after the win on Tuesday by Raphael Warnock over incumbent Senator Kelly Loeffler to become Georgia's first black senator.

此前，民主党人拉斐尔·沃尔纳克在1月5日击败现任共和党参议员凯利·洛夫勒，成为佐治亚州的第一位非裔参议员。

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