President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will look like no other thanks to a once-in-a-century pandemic, security fears triggered by the worst raid on the U.S. Capitol since 1814 and a boycott by the sitting U.S. president.
Only about 1,000 members of Congress, governors and their guests — all tested for COVID-19 in the days before being admitted — will be physically present to watch Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris take the oath of office on the West Front of the Capitol. Some elected leaders grappling with the rampaging spread of COVID back home, like California Gov. Gavin Newsom, will not attend.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed that the smaller crowd is result of the pandemic, not the Jan.
There will be less pomp. No luncheon in the Capitol rotunda with representatives and senators. Most members of the House and Senate and their guests will not even be allowed inside the Capitol while Biden is present. Also missing will be the small niceties between the outgoing and incoming presidents that have become tradition.
Trump will also break with 150 years of precedent by not joining other past presidents at the Capitol to witness the transfer of power.
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