‘Virus’, ‘Riotous’, ‘Folks’: The historic words in Biden’s inauguration speech
1/21/21
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from The Washington Post,
1/21/21:
In an inauguration unlike any other, President Biden’s words made history in two ways.
Biden and the dignitaries attending his inaugural walked down halls in the Capitol where violent rioters roamed weeks ago. They emerged onto the Capitol’s West Front, in view of socially distanced seats and flags filling the long National Mall instead of people. Several of the new words in Biden’s speech reflected pandemic deaths, economic fallout and recent far-right violence. He was the first new president to say “white supremacy.”
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