Houstonians react to Biden, Harris inauguration FacebookTwitterEmail Rep. Kevin Brady, a Republican from The Woodlands, wore a Lone Star College hat to the inauguration Wednesday.Twitter / @RepKevinBrady I'm knocking on wood as I type, but Wednesday's historic presidential inauguration ceremonies appear to have gone off without a hitch. Joe Biden is the president, and Kamala Harris – the first Black woman of Asian descent to hold the office – is vice president. It was a peaceful and socially distant ceremony, in stark contrast to how the Capitol looked weeks ago when former President Donald Trump supporters stormed the building. One of Houston's usual suspects had the usual-suspect kind of things to say: