The Atlantic
A Sermon in America’s Civic Religion
The past four years made the usual bromides in Biden’s inaugural address sound newly fresh and relevant.
January 20, 2021
Jim Bourg / Reuters
Midway through Joe Biden’s first speech as president today, he said something that, in any other inaugural address, would have seemed so unobjectionable as to be pointless.
“What are the common objects we as Americans love, that define us as Americans?” Biden said. “I think we know. Opportunity, security, liberty, dignity, respect, honor, and, yes, the truth.”
In 2021, however, that wasn’t just a throwaway line: It drew an ovation from the limited crowd at the event.
Louisiana elected officials comment on inauguration of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
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On Wednesday, January 20, Joe Biden took the oath of office to become the 46th president of the United States.
Moments before he took that oath, Kamala Harris was sworn in as the first female vice president in the nation s history. She is also the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to hold the position.
Among the spectators at the capitol this morning, which included three former presidents and first ladies, were several Louisiana elected officials.
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Last Wednesday I was busy typing up a story for the newspaper when, from behind me, I could hear my Mom yelling at the TV in Spanish (well she was actually cursing at the TV).