The capitol building in Washington, D.C., on morning of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, and the site of an insurrection on Jan. 6. Photo by Joseph M. Giordano
By Dannys Marrero
Pittsburgh Current Contributing Writer
On January 20, Joseph R. Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States. Normally a spectacle, this wasn’t a traditional inauguration. In fact, It looked and felt like no other in this country’s modern history.
But it comes after the presidency of Donald Trump, another period unlike any other in modern history. The nation has spent the past four years drowning in a river of turmoil, misinformation and intentional polarization Trump peddled conspiracy theories, made inflammatory statements against his political adversaries and the media, pushed racist rhetoric and refused to denounce white nationalists. Trump created an army of supporters who would do whatever he told them to do. That blind commitment to Trump is what led to the Jan. 6 insurgency at the U.S. Capitol.
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