Former Presidents Obama, George W. Bush and Clinton are also set to attend.
Inauguration planners had already planned to downsize the event due to the raging pandemic, with the usual thousands packed on the National Mall and in the stands simply a no-go this year. But with the added security concerns in the wake of Jan. 6, it’s expected that even some members of Congress might end up watching the event remotely too.
Will it be outdoors?
Biden has insisted that the ceremony still take place outdoors on the Capitol’s West Front, maintaining after Jan. 6 that he is not afraid to take the oath outside.”
Lee tweeted a photograph of herself sporting the pearls, saying she was given the pearls by Chisholm’s goddaughter.
On this historic day, I’m wearing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s pearls, given to me by her goddaughter, who said that her godmother “would not want it any other way.”
Because of Shirley Chisholm, I am.
Because of Shirley Chisholm, Vice President Harris is. pic.twitter.com/rgQKw2Y8Qb Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) January 20, 2021
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Lee discussed the fashion choice in a brief phone interview with MSNBC s Joy Reid early Wednesday while attending the inauguration in the stands.
“I am wearing Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm’s pearls,” Lee said.
th president of the United States on Wednesday, made an appeal for unity and sought to turn the page on the divisions of the Trump era.
Unity, he said from the West front of the U.S. Capitol, is necessary in order to contain the coronavirus pandemic, restore the U.S. economy, address the effects of climate change, deliver racial justice and mend deep divisions that were laid bare over the last four years.
“To overcome these challenges, to restore the soul and secure the future of America requires so much more than words. It requires the most elusive of all things in a democracy: unity,” Biden said.