Biden's inauguration unprecedented in US history
Posted on AllSides January 19th, 2021
From The Center
President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday will look like no inauguration before it in American history.
Biden will take the oath of office in front of a sparse crowd amid a global pandemic and with an unprecedented military mobilization in Washington, D.C., aimed at securing a U.S. Capitol where police were overwhelmed just two weeks ago by a mob whipped up over conspiracy theories about his electoral win.
The inauguration was going to look and feel differently even before the disastrous events of Jan. 6, given the dangers of COVID-19....