House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Jan. 15 that the 20th inauguration of Joe Biden will be held on a very small scale due to the Chinese Communist virus epidemic.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Jan. 15 that the Biden inauguration on Jan. 20 will be held on a very small scale due to the Communist virus epidemic, as the swearing-in day for the new U.S. president is approaching.
Pelosi said at a news conference Friday, “We’re going to have a very small inauguration because of COVID. This has been decided long ago, for weeks.”
She said that in order to keep people in attendance at arm’s length, “limiting the size was necessary. I don’t know if they’ve released the numbers.”
Previously, the U.S. Presidential Inauguration Committee had urged people not to attend Biden’s inauguration, citing an epidemic, and celebrations were held on the Internet. The inauguration committee expects only about 2,000 invited guests to attend Biden’s inauguration this year.
Pelosi also spoke at the press conference about the protests and the storming of the Capitol, and she has instructed retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré, who has “experience in responding to crises,” to lead a team to review the security of the Capitol.
“To protect our democracy, we must now conduct a rigorous review of the security of the U.S. Capitol,” she said in a statement.
With only four days left until the inauguration day of the new U.S. president, the atmosphere in Washington is tense and hostile given the many controversies surrounding this election and the outbreak of congressional shocks.
Since January 6, the Pentagon has mobilized tens of thousands of National Guardsmen to Washington one after another. The Pentagon has said that on Presidential Inauguration Day, more than 20,000 National Guardsmen will be on alert in Washington.
Now, the Capitol has been significantly strengthened security initiatives, the entire Capitol is surrounded by a high wire fence, with a large number of loaded National Guard soldiers to guard. Outside commentators say that the current presidential inauguration security measures are unprecedented.
According to tradition, the new U.S. president will be sworn in at the Capitol West platform. Biden said this week that he was “not afraid to take the oath outdoors”.
According to CNN 13, two sources revealed that Biden changed his previous plan not to take the train from his hometown of Wilmington to the inauguration site in Washington, D.C., for security reasons.
The report said Biden was concerned about the possible risks en route from Washington’s Union Station, which is still a few blocks from the heavily fortified U.S. Capitol.
President Trump (Trump) has made it clear on Jan. 8 that he will not attend Biden’s inauguration. That would make him the first U.S. president since 1869 to miss his successor’s inauguration.
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