Dave has traditionally been a conservative Democrat and the rest of the family liberal Republicans. We have suffered during the Trump presidency, including President Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election. We felt enormous relief when President Biden was inaugurated on January 20, 2021. Mike brought his laptop to our house, so he could work while also catching a few hours of the inauguration ceremony with Dave and me.
Instead of the typical 200,000 guests packing the Mall, there were just a few guests, and hundreds of thousands of flags, instead. COVID is raging across the country, and one of President Biden's first challenges will be getting the 200 million or more U.S. adults vaccinated. The Capitol looked majestic on Inauguration Day, although we were all aware that it had been ransacked by pro-Trump rioters just two weeks before, on January 6, 2021. The second impeachment of President Trump will begin on February 9, 2021.
President Biden begged for unity, but we will see if that is even possible, in this broken, partisan land.
This was an historic election, with the first black, south Asian vice president, Kamala Harris, who is also a woman. Her husband is referred to as the "Second Gentlemen" or "Second Dude."
Mike lay back and enjoyed the historic proceedings.
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