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Marine One with President Donald Trump onboard leaves the White House ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.
Credit: Saul Loeb, Pool Photo via AP
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Political Rewind: As Trump Departs, An Anxious Georgia, Nation Looks Toward New Presidency
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Wednesday on Political Rewind: A new era begins today for the nation and for Georgia.
President-elect Joe Biden is set be sworn in as the 46th president of the United States today. He’s promised to immediately act on climate change, an expanded COVID relief package, a campaign to dramatic increase distribution of vaccines to defeat the virus and other policy.
After the inauguration, Georgia’s new senators-elect Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock will take the oath of office and give Democrats majority-control of Congress for the first time in a decade.
Panelists:
Dr. Andra Gillespie — Professor of Political Science and Director, James Weldon Johnson Institute on the Study of Race and Difference, Emory University
Tharon Johnson — Senior Advisor, Biden Georgia campaign & President of Paramount Consulting
Edward Lindsey — former State Representative (R-Atlanta)
Jim Galloway — Retired Political Writer, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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