Joe Biden presidential inauguration megathread

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She's still bitter lmao

https://twitter.com/briebriejoy/status/1349801521630892033

(She also spelled Ari's name wrong )

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President Trump just boarded Marine One on the White House Lawn. 

Bye bye. 

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Trump speaking in front of a small crowd at JB Andrews.  

Was curious to see if he was going to use prepared remarks or off-the-cuff.  Guess which one he chose.  

You're going to see [the COVID-19 numbers] skyrocket downwards.

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Did I just see Josh Hawley at the inauguration?

He has no right to be there.  I hope my eyes are playing tricks on me.

Both he and Ted Cruz (reportedly "taking selfies" per ABC) are in attendance.  

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I do like how several of the Supreme Court justices (CJ Roberts aside) are wearing their robes like they're on a lunch break. 

"Alright guys, let's walk over to the Capitol in like...fifteen?"

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ABC News reporting that "a number of Democratic congress-members are wearing body armor".  

(Or "armour" if you're Torrain.)

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Well I should've known when Senator Klobuchar got involved, at least there would be a touch of snow

-- Roy Blunt

#MinnesotaPride

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How do you plan on spending the last 30 minutes of the trump presidency?

Doing some last second cramming with my "How to be a Republican Again" pamphlets.  

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Fantastic day for South Asian-Americans!

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So pleased to have a President who respects medicine and science once again.  

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Fantastic day for South Asian-Americans!

Speak for yourself not me xD

*Fantastic day for MOST South Asian-Americans!

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Good to see we have our first Biden-era meme: Bundled-Up Bernie Sanders.  

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While I anticipate swinging a bit more rightward over the next four years, I just feel immediately relieved now that Mr. Big Brain is out of the White House.  

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/oregon-s-democratic-party-offices-vandalized-amid-post-inauguration-protests-n1255118

So black bloc continues to do its thing

Portland police said some of the group of about 150 people carried weapons "including Molotov cocktails, knives, batons, chemical spray and a crowbar."

Some members of the crowd met in southeast Portland before heading to the Democratic Party offices dressed in black and carrying banners reading, "We don't want Biden, we want revenge! For police murders, imperialist wars and fascist massacres," and "We are ungovernable," according to a photo published by The Oregonian.

Federal officers declared an unlawful assembly and used munitions and tear gas to disperse demonstrators, according to KGW's Devon Haskins, who was on the scene.

Scattered protests also took place in downtown Seattle, Washington, where multiple locations, including a Starbucks storefront and the William Kenzo Nakamura Courthouse, were also vandalized, the Seattle Police Department reported.

I'm so glad I grew up by Chicago and not these sh*thole cities. Portland and Seattle seem like genuinely awful places to live from how insufferable these people are.

And also LOL @ anyone who ever associated these people with the Democratic Party.

These folks aside, I loved loved both Portland and Seattle when I visited. 

(Plus I got hit on several times in Portland, so extra points there.)