Deserted inauguration

There’s information in these scenes but what is it? That we’ve turned the corner, are not in Kansas any more, or is this the new normal? I wrote on January 12 that: “I suspect significantly fewer are going to tune in, if not in America then at least in the rest of the world, not in protest or partisan pique but because the magic’s gone from Washington DC.”

Washington deserted after inauguration despite widespread fears of more violent riots

Joe Biden took the oath of office in the backdrop of an empty city, with Washington void of the crowds that usually flock to the capital on Inauguration Day.

Joe Biden became the 46th US president on Wednesday in a barricaded city, guarded by more than 25,000 troops and emptied of the spectators who usually throng to the quadrennial ritual.

The security precautions, along with a coronavirus pandemic that has prompted many to avoid public gatherings, left city streets largely empty.

“It’s, frankly, painful to see this, the whole city shut down,” former Republican Senator Jeff Flake told reporters as he arrived at the Capitol.

Biden promised a return to ‘normalcy,’ but it’s clear that’s not happening anytime soon.

Joe Biden ran for president as the moderate Democrat, the familiar face who wasn’t going to defund the police or steer the country headlong into socialism.

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