Trump has not appeared in public for a week and, suspended from Twitter in the wake of his encouraging supporters to march on Congress, has been uncharacteristically silent. There have been no call-ins to his favorite Fox News hosts, interviews with the networks, or speeches celebrating his stormy one-term administration.
2:13 p.m.: In conjunction with a nationwide memorial effort, New York City will on Tuesday honor the more than 26,000 residents who have died from coronavirus.
Beginning at 5:30 p.m., buildings across the city will be lit in remembrance, and churches will ring their bells. Mayor Bill de Blasio said that he and the city’s first lady, Chirlane McCray, will attend a special ceremony at the Statue of Liberty.
“This has touched every one of us,” the mayor said during Tuesday’s press briefing, adding, “Let’s never forget [the victims] and resolve to move forward as a city and a nation.”
SALT LAKE CITY Utah will join several states across the country Tuesday in ringing bells from its Capitol to honor those who lost their lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The move is part of a national memorial initiated by President-elect Joe Biden s inaugural committee.
The bells will ring 15 times at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in honor of the 1,500 Utahns who have died from the coronavirus. We will never forget the heavy toll this deadly virus has taken in this state, and we pray for comfort and peace to the families and friends left behind, Gov. Spencer Cox said in a statement. We hope all Utahns will join in honoring those we have lost during this national moment of remembrance.
One of the great tragedies of the past year, as some 400,000 Americans lost their lives to Covid-19, was not only that many victims died alone their loved ones robbed of the chance to say goodbye but that the pain of that loss was whitewashed by a President who chose to minimize and deny it.