‘We cannot yield’: Harris says inauguration ought to happen outdoors regardless of safety considerations

Trump was impeached on Thursday by the House of Representatives for a second time for inciting the rebel, which has raised new considerations over the security of the inauguration on Jan. 20.

A rehearsal for the ceremony scheduled to happen on Sunday has been postponed till Monday for safety causes. Biden’s transition crew has additionally canceled an Amtrak journey from Wilmington to Washington that was deliberate for Monday.

The National Guard is predicted to deploy greater than 20,000 troops to Washington, D.C., to assist safe the inauguration, and the FBI has warned concerning the potential for armed protests in all 50 states.

Both Biden’s inaugural committee and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser have warned Americans to steer clear of the inauguration, because the Capitol complicated stays closely fortified. The Washington Post reported on Thursday that each one or many of the National Mall is predicted to be closed to most of the people.

Nevertheless, Biden has mentioned he’s “not afraid” to be sworn in outdoors, at the same time as his inaugural planning crew is reassessing its safety planning within the aftermath of the Capitol siege.

Following the conclusion of the inauguration festivities subsequent week, the president-elect has signaled that he’ll embark on an aggressive push for an almost $2 trillion coronavirus aid package deal — which Biden formally unveiled on Thursday and Harris described as “our highest priority.”

“We intend to work across party lines to do what is necessary to get this passed,” she mentioned in her interview.

Harris additionally dismissed anxieties amongst some Democratic lawmakers that potential Senate impeachment trial of Trump might cloud the opening days of the Biden administration and hobble its legislative agenda.

“We know how to multitask,” she mentioned. “There’s a reason that word exists in the English language. That’s what’s going to be required. We have to multitask, which means, as with anyone, we have a lot of priorities, and we need to see them through.”