Demanding unity to get the US through the “dark winter” of the pandemic, racism, and attacks on “our democracy,” Joe Biden pledged to be a president for all Americans in an inaugural speech echoing his campaign talking points.
“This is our historic moment of crisis and challenge, and unity is the way forward,” Biden said, after being sworn in as the 46th US president shortly after noon on Wednesday. He urged Americans to “start afresh” by listening, seeing, hearing, and respecting one another.
Politics doesn’t have to be a “raging fire” and every disagreement doesn’t have to be cause for “total war,” he argued. “We must reject the culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.” more...
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Mittwoch, Januar 20, 2021
welt.de: Die USA erleben die ungewöhnlichste Inauguration ihrer Geschichte
Zwei Wochen nach einem Sturm auf das Kapitol, mitten in einer Pandemie, ohne den scheidenden Präsidenten. So war die Zeremonie denn auch geprägt von dem Versuch, zurück zu den traditionellen Werten der amerikanischen Demokratie zu tun. mehr...
Nytimes: For Kamala Harris, an Influential Voice and a Decisive Vote
With a tiebreaking vote in an evenly divided Senate, Ms. Harris may be returning to the Capitol frequently. But her history-making role is likely to include many more responsibilities. more...
Jerusalem Post: For Evangelical Christians, Trump left but God didn’t - analysis
For Evangelical Christians, Wednesday’s changeover in Washington from Donald Trump to President Joe Biden was a trauma of biblical proportions.The 78% of Evangelical Christians who voted for Trump were disheartened as they watched Biden sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. more...
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