SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) At noon ET Wednesday, it became official: Joe Biden is the president and Kamala Harris is the vice president of the United States.
Reaction immediately poured in from leaders and supporters in the Bay Area and around California, many of them celebrating the ascendance of one of Oakland s own to the second highest office in the land.
For San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the swearing in of Kamala Harris was personal. The joy I feel is overwhelming with the swearing-in of Kamala Harris as our Vice-President, said Breed. I join millions of women across the country in finally seeing a woman take the oath for one of the highest offices in the country. I join millions of Black women across this country in seeing Vice-President Harris take a seat at the table that so many have fought to secure for so long.
What they said at Trump impeachment: Key quotes from California lawmakers
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Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., leads the final vote of the impeachment of President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Congress last week, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)J. Scott Applewhite / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, as the House of Representatives pursues an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump for his role in inciting an angry mob to storm the Capitol last week. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)J. Scott Applewhite / Associated PressShow MoreShow Less
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday called the violent storming of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Trump "an outright assault on our democracy."
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Many Bay Area lawmakers were inside the U.S. Capital building when people stormed in on Wednesday. Some of them described what they saw and heard. Then they were pounding on the door so they told us to lie down in the marble floors which we did and then there was a shot that I heard, California District 14 Congresswoman Jackie Speier describing the moment when people stormed into the U.S. Capital building Wednesday. Speier says she quickly learned that there are gas masks under each seat of the house chamber. There was an announcement made that the Capitol had been breached and we should sit in our seats and wait, that we should get out the gas mask and I have one here to show you. It s in this packing like this and then when you open it up you can hear this thing taking off, said Speier.
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Many Bay Area lawmakers were inside the U.S. Capital building when people stormed in on Wednesday. Some of them described what they saw and heard. Then they were pounding on the door so they told us to lie down in the marble floors which we did and then there was a shot that I heard, California District 14 Congresswoman Jackie Speier describing the moment when people stormed into the U.S. Capital building Wednesday. Speier says she quickly learned that there are gas masks under each seat of the house chamber. There was an announcement made that the Capitol had been breached and we should sit in our seats and wait, that we should get out the gas mask and I have one here to show you. It s in this packing like this and then when you open it up you can hear this thing taking off, said Speier.