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Joe Biden will begin his new journey as the 46th President of the United States in a familiar way: riding Amtrak from Wilmington to Washington.
A day before he is sworn into office, Biden is planning to make his way to the nation's capital on a family train trip that will be part of the festivities leading up to the inauguration on January 20, people familiar with the plans tell CNN.
While plans for the inauguration were shaken this week by the violent attack on the Capitol, along with unrelenting complications from the coronavirus pandemic, Biden and top advisers have instructed their team to keep moving forward, without being deterred by the steep challenges.
"He was elected during a pandemic. He will be inaugurated during one," a Biden ally said. "We will have a safe and historic inauguration and not be deterred."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-to-take-train-to-washington-for-inauguration-moving-forward-to-not-be-deterred-by-neither-violence-nor-virus/ar-BB1cALb7?li=BBnbklE&ocid=DELLDHP
cilla4progress
(24,762 posts)how do they check the tracks for explosive devices?
DEbluedude
(816 posts)Take it from someone who knows. In my 40+ years of service nothing was more secure than the movement of Presidential trains.
Thekaspervote
(32,791 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,034 posts)dweller
(23,651 posts)Id feel better knowing he was in a secure secret service motorcade
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Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)He is taking on quite a job...a HUGE job...cleaning up after Trump. I just hope Trump hasn't laid a bunch of traps for him.
Beau would be proud.
musclecar6
(1,690 posts)Im sure he wants to take a victory lap on the train. Good for him.
MissMillie
(38,578 posts)I like the symbolism.
I hope the Secret Service can keep it safe for him and his family.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,727 posts)I seriously hope he'll slip silently into DC at 4 am completely unnoticed. And then travel in the beast armored car under police escort afterwards.
lark
(23,155 posts)You know there are seditonists planning on killing him/her on that day and he can't trust even 1 of the Capitol Police or any other entity responsible for security because they are the exact people who deliberately let the fascists into the Capitol with no repercussions. They also failed to stop pipe bombs from getting into the RNC and DNC and even took selfies with the seditious, murderous asses.