Biden, Harris remember coronavirus victims with vigil at Lincoln Memorial Felicia Sonmez, Colby Itkowitz, John Wagner We must remember : Biden hosts vigil for coronavirus victims
Replay Video UP NEXT President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris remembered the 400,000 people in the United States who have died of the coronavirus with a dusk vigil at the Lincoln Memorial on Tuesday. “To heal, we must remember. It’s hard sometimes to remember, but that’s how we heal. It’s important to do that as a nation. That’s why we’re here today,” Biden said in brief remarks on the eve of his inauguration.
Senate Democrats signal hope for bipartisan Trump impeachment trial Felicia Sonmez, Mike DeBonis As President Trump’s historic second impeachment trial looms, the Senate Democratic leader’s office is emphasizing cooperation with Republicans rather than conflict suggesting that Democrats want their latest effort to convict Trump to be more bipartisan than the last one, which saw a lone GOP senator break ranks with his party. Despite the unprecedented speed with which the House acted Wednesday impeaching the president one week after the deadly storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has rebuffed Democratic calls for the chamber to reconvene before Tuesday, its scheduled date and one day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The majority leader’s statement marks a dramatic shift from his position during Trump’s first impeachment, when he stressed that he was “not an impartial juror.”
The majority leader’s statement marks a dramatic shift from his position during Trump’s first impeachment, when he stressed that he was “not an impartial juror.”