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19 Jan, 9 tweets, 3 min read
🇺🇸 Joe Biden will be sworn in as the 46th President of the United States tomorrow.

Here's what to expect

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Washington D.C prepares for Joe Biden's inauguration: in pictures
Joe Biden's priorities

Overseeing the coronavirus pandemic

⭐ He has unveiled a $1.9 trillion plan to tackle the crisis

⭐ He has boosted financial aid for Americans and businesses

⭐ He has vowed to vaccinate 100 million Americans in his first 100 days
Other priorities

⭐ Saving Obamacare

⭐ Rejoining the World Health Organisation

⭐ Reversing the 'Muslim ban'

⭐ Stopping tax cuts for individuals and companies

⭐ Tightening loopholes around gun ownership

⭐ Creating citizenship pathways for undocumented immigrants
More than anything else, grief has bookended Joe Biden’s political career

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In 1972, just after he had won a Senate seat in Delaware as a fresh-faced 29-year-old, his wife and baby daughter were killed in a car accident, while his two small sons ended up in hospital fighting for their lives
In 2015, just as he was being urged to run for president to succeed Barack Obama, his son, Beau, died of a rare strain of brain cancer at 46
Kamala Harris will be the first woman, and the first black and Asian American vice-president

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A 'Field of Flags' has been created on the National Mall ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration tomorrow

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"Excuse the emotion... but when I die, Delaware will be written in my heart. And the hearts of all the Bidens"

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