THREAD: Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States on the steps of the U.S. Capitol that a week earlier had been battered by an insurrectionist siege, gazing at a sea of flags instead of crowds. (1/8)http://apne.ws/lUCGl8n
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The ceremony also brought to light a new literary star. Amanda Gorman is the youngest by far of the poets who have read at presidential inaugurations since Kennedy invited Robert Frost in 1961. (5/8)http://apne.ws/brOWNRl
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Biden didn’t mention former President Donald Trump by name in his inaugural address, but Biden’s remarks were a clear rebuke of his predecessor. (6/8)http://apne.ws/A5RaMSo
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President Biden moved swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy, signing a series of executive orders that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the pandemic. (7/8)http://apne.ws/mSxIaBa
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President Trump was the first president in more than a century to skip the inauguration of his successor. (8/8)http://apne.ws/iUxX47p
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