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Did that just really happen?
CNN Opinion contributors react to the most memorable moments of Inauguration Day. The views expressed in these commentaries are their own.
SE Cupp: Did that really just happen?
Was it all just a dream?
As I gathered my family to watch the historic swearing in of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, the occasion took on a surreal feeling. There were Barack and Michelle Obama, looking like they hadn’t aged a day. And there was George W. Bush, elbowing hello to his old friends. And the Clintons, who in some ways, never seem to have left Washington DC.
Abby Shumacher, Bethesda
“I know Joe Biden and he is great. If anyone call pull this country together, it’s Biden. He is knowledgeable, listens, cares, is ethical, sane, and his advisors are similar.”
Marion Mattingly, Rockville
“I look forward to Joe Biden’s inauguration, but have concerns that an angry element will still try to disrupt what should be a normal part of our country’s democratic process.
Joe Biden has proven himself to understand and appreciate the office of the president and will serve with dignity an empathy, something we desperately need. He knows how important the word compromise is and his experience will help regain our standing internationally.
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When President-elect Joe Biden takes the helm of a deeply divided country on Jan. 20, he’ll do so at a time of cascading national crises.
The possibility of further extremist violence looms in the wake of the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol an insurrection carried out by a violent mob and fanned by President Donald Trump’s refusal to accept his election loss.
Approximately 400,000 Americans are dead from COVID-19. Amid concern about the emergence of a more transmissible strain of the coronavirus, Biden’s pick to lead the CDC, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said she expects the death toll to reach half a million by mid-February.