By Maeve Reston, CNN President Joe Biden ended his first day in office with a note of hope and optimism, closing his inaugural activities with an appearance at the Lincoln Memorial on.
The
San Francisco Chronicle is not holding back on its praise of Kamala Harris inauguration as vice president, including portraying her rise to power as “counterpoint to insurrection.”
The news outlet in Harris’ home state praised Harris as the antidote to a divided nation following a turbulent presidential election:
As images of white supremacists storming the Capitol sear into Americans’ minds, there is about to be another image that provides the case for optimism about the future: the moment when Kamala Harris, first Black woman and woman of color to be inaugurated as vice president, is sworn in.
Veterans of the civil rights movement and scholars of Black American history say there is no mistaking that the nation is in a moment of distress, as it grapples with a deadly insurrection that threatened the lives of the vice president and dozens of lawmakers as well as the constitutional process for the peaceful transfer of power.
Ford Made Customized Masks for Biden, Harris Inauguration
Photo: Ford
Ford Motor Company took an active role in the inauguration of 46
th President of the United States Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, supplying 15,000 customized masks used during the proceedings. The masks, which Ford made in Michigan, feature the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies logo in the upper left corner and a 59
th Inaugural Ceremonies logo in the upper right corner.
Ford CEO Jim Farley said that providing the masks is a further demonstration of the company’s commitment to providing personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic. He called it “a huge honor for Ford to support a tradition so fundamental to our democracy.”
U.S. President Joe Biden plans to re-engage with the World Health Organization and will dispatch the government’s top infectious-disease expert to speak to the group this week, a move seen as a strong repudiation of former President Donald Trump.
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