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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, as the Trump era ends amid a national rift
Source: Washington Post
Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was sworn in Wednesday as the 46th president of the United States, rising to the pinnacle of a career in public leadership that began a half century ago and now forces him to confront convulsing challenges dividing a fractured nation.
With his hand on his family Bible, Biden recited the oath taken by his predecessors, promising to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and, with the help of God, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Moments before, Kamala D. Harris took her oath of office, making her the countrys first female vice president, and also the first Black American and first with Indian heritage to hold the second highest office in the land. She had placed her hand on twin Bibles, one from a family friend and the second belonging to Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice of the Supreme Court.
Biden replaces outgoing president Donald Trump, whose scandal-plagued single term was constantly dogged by accusations that he failed to uphold his own oath including in recent weeks as he refused to concede the election, tried to browbeat his vice president, Mike Pence, to violate the Constitution and inspired a deadly riot by supporters against the U.S. Capitol.
With his hand on his family Bible, Biden recited the oath taken by his predecessors, promising to faithfully execute the office of president of the United States, and, with the help of God, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Moments before, Kamala D. Harris took her oath of office, making her the countrys first female vice president, and also the first Black American and first with Indian heritage to hold the second highest office in the land. She had placed her hand on twin Bibles, one from a family friend and the second belonging to Thurgood Marshall, the first African American justice of the Supreme Court.
Biden replaces outgoing president Donald Trump, whose scandal-plagued single term was constantly dogged by accusations that he failed to uphold his own oath including in recent weeks as he refused to concede the election, tried to browbeat his vice president, Mike Pence, to violate the Constitution and inspired a deadly riot by supporters against the U.S. Capitol.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/joe-biden-sworn-in/2021/01/20/13465c90-5a7c-11eb-a976-bad6431e03e2_story.html
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Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president, as the Trump era ends amid a national rift (Original Post)
brooklynite
Jan 2021
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underpants
(182,877 posts)1. 9 minutes early
Love it.
R Merm
(407 posts)2. Happy days
AirmensMom
(14,648 posts)3. Good to know.
Ive been streaming NBC and it hasnt happened yet. Wonder WTF is going on? Why the delay? I couldnt find anything else that worked. Whitehouse.gov never started streaming at all. Damn. I didnt want to miss it.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,600 posts)4. Why 11:48? What happened to noon?
Since the 20th Amendment requires that this whole shebang happen at noon, under Admiralty Law, I hereby pronounce myself ...
No, seriously, why so early? I though my clock needed a new AA cell.
brooklynite
(94,727 posts)5. You want to be sworn in BY 12 noon in order to begin office.
electric_blue68
(14,933 posts)6. Yes!
ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)7. Feels like Christmas morning when presents are waiting downstairs
Go Joe!