Kamala Harris has taken the oath of office, making her the first female black, and first South Asian vice president of the United States.
The Presidential Inaugural event which started on Wednesday, 20 January 2021, will span across five days as the committee had announced additional programming.
While being sworn in, Kamala was escorted by Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman, who has been hailed as a hero after a video emerged of him guiding the violent mob away from the Senate chamber during the Capitol riot.
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She was sworn in by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, which is a history-making event in several ways. It’s reported that Harris chose Sotomayor for the task.
She used two Bibles for the swearing-in, one of which belonged to Thurgood Marshall, the first black Supreme Court justice. She took her oath of office at 11:42am US time.
She also greeted “a whole bunch of Bidens,” in a reference to the large Biden family in attendance. “This conveyance of this sacred trust between the leaders and its people takes place in front of this shining capitol dome for a reason,” she says, adding that it is a sign that the US “union will go on,” she said. Congratulations to her!
Exciting times