“You must rise above red and blue, you must rise above black and white,” @garthbrooks says in response to a q about what he’d tell fans about his participation in the #BidenHarrisInauguration.
@garthbrooks "It's going to rank really high on the butterfly list, just as it did with the 2008 inauguration," @garthbrooks says when asked by a reporter about potential nerves on Wednesday.
"It felt like some other country but it was here. But now we deal with it, take responsibility, we claim it and we do our best to make sure that never happens again."
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As the Biden presidency begins and he’s moved to Washington, I want to say a word about his hometown, Wilmington. More than a word, actually, a thread...
Once mostly that quick train stop on our way north or south for many in the press corps on the infamous Acela corridor, Wilmington became a new home base for many over the past 10 months. And it’s a very friendly town...
The pride and appreciation for Biden and his family is legit. Introduce yourself to a local at a restaurant or store and they’re universally pleased to have you visit.
NEW @CBSNewsPoll: Americans today say the biggest threat comes from inside the country, from “other people in America, and domestic enemies.”
Americans are bracing for more political violence, not just in the next week at the inaugural (which most think is likely) but also over the coming years.
Just 6% of Americans describe democracy and rule of law in the U.S. as “very secure” and just 29% think it’s at least somewhat secure at all. The rest see it threatened.
BIDEN: "The idea that I shouldn't be out of office yesterday isn't the issue. The question is, what happens with 14 days left to go, or 13 days left to go?" (It's actually 12.)
Biden notes that President Trump says he won't show up for his inauguration: "One of the few things he and I have ever agreed on. It's a good thing him no showing up."
Why is it okay with Trump not showing up for the inauguration? Biden says: "Because... he's exceeded even my own worst notions about him. He's been an embarrassment to the country. ... Not worthy to hold the office."
JUST NOW: @JoeBiden, speaking in Delaware, decries today's "assault on the citadel of liberty."
@JoeBiden He calls today "an assault on the doing of the people's business." Adds later they "Do not reflect a true America. Do not represent who we are."
@JoeBiden Remarkable he has to say it, but Biden calls on the president to go on national television and call on the protesters to go home.
NEWS: @JoeBiden intends to nominate federal appeals court judge Merrick Garland to serve as U.S. attorney general, multiple people familiar tell me, @BoKnowsNews and @nancycordes.
@JoeBiden@BoKnowsNews@nancycordes Garland currently serves as chief judge on United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, considered to be the second-highest federal court in the country.
@JoeBiden@BoKnowsNews@nancycordes Garland, 68, was nominated by former president Barack Obama to the U.S. Supreme Court after the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, but he was blocked from consideration by Republican senators.