At Biden inauguration, TV s familiar images and words offer comfort in turbulent times Bill Keveney, USA TODAY
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In the end, the images of President Joe Biden s inauguration may have been just as important as the words he and others shared during Wednesday s ceremony at the U.S. Capitol s West Front.
After two weeks of video clips of a violent insurrection at the same location, the contrast couldn t have been more stark. Where rioters had battled police and invaded the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to upend Biden s election, pictures of pomp, ceremony, dignity and especially peace showed the transfer of power and that America s democratic process had prevailed.
The Capitol siege was just the beginning according to plans being shared on far-right forums that promise an army no police agency can match . Security agencies including the FBI are closely monitoring chatter on niche conservative-friendly sites including Parler as the clock runs out on President Donald Trump s final days in office and his fanatical supporters ramp up the threatening rhetoric. In one post on the since-deplatformed Parler - a site where extremists expressed themselves without the threat of censorship - a self-described retired Colonel bragged about the size of a march planned for the lead-up to Joe Biden s inauguration on January 20.