Western Standard - January 20, 2025


2025 US Presidential Inauguration： Western Standard Live Coverage

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endurance through the years
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Honorable Donald Trump Marilyn Quayle Laura Bush Clinton Biden Jennifer Hemingway William P. McFarland Charles Schumer Martin Luther King Elizabeth Farah Steve Scalise Mike Johnson Doug Emhoff John Thune Chairwoman Ranking Kennedy Harris Obama Pence and 1 more
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11 minutes

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815

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Learn English with John Keaton and Amy Klobuchar at the 60th Inaugural Ceremony at The People's House in Washington, D.C. on January 20, 2020. President-elect Donald Trump and Vice-President-elect Mike Pence take their oath of office.

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00:00:00.000 This is John Keaton.
00:00:30.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the Vice President-Elect of the United States,
00:00:42.940 the Honorable J.D. Vance.
00:01:00.000 Thank you.
00:01:30.000 Thank you.
00:02:00.000 Ladies and gentlemen, escorting the President-elect, the Staff Director for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, Elizabeth Farah, House Sergeant-at-Arms, the Honorable William P. McFarland, Senate Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper, the Honorable Jennifer A. Hemingway, Senate Majority Leader, the Honorable John Thune, and the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Hakeem G.
00:02:30.000 House Majority Leader, the Honorable Steve Scalise, Speaker of the House of Representatives,
00:02:36.540 the Honorable Mike Johnson, Senate Democratic Leader, the Honorable Charles E. Schumer,
00:02:42.980 Ranking Member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable
00:02:47.320 Deb Fischer, and Chairwoman of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies,
00:02:52.700 the Honorable Amy Klobuchar.
00:03:00.000 Ladies and gentlemen, the President-elect of the United States,
00:03:27.920 the Honorable Donald John Trump.
00:03:57.920 Thank you.
00:04:27.920 Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated.
00:04:57.920 Thank you.
00:05:27.920 Please welcome the chairwoman of the Joint Congressional Committee on
00:05:35.760 Inaugural Ceremonies, the Honorable Amy Klobuchar.
00:05:38.800 Good morning, everyone. Welcome to the 60th presidential inauguration. Today,
00:05:52.880 Today, President-elect Trump and Vice President-elect Vance will take their oath of office, and
00:06:00.560 we will witness the peaceful transfer of power at the heart of our democracy.
00:06:13.440 For the past year, I've chaired the inaugural ceremony committee, which includes the leadership
00:06:19.200 of Congress from both parties.
00:06:22.240 We thank the committee and capital staff and law enforcement who worked so hard over the
00:06:28.020 last year and especially the last three days.
00:06:32.020 You've done a beautiful job and you have shown grace under pressure.
00:06:43.740 Our theme this year is our enduring democracy.
00:06:47.680 The presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a testament
00:06:54.080 to that endurance.
00:06:55.520 We welcome President Biden and Dr. Biden.
00:06:59.380 We welcome Vice President Harris and Doug Emhoff, President Obama, President Clinton
00:07:05.340 and Secretary Clinton, President Bush and Laura Bush, Vice President Pence, Vice President
00:07:12.620 Quayle and Marilyn Quayle. The justices of the United States Supreme Court are with us,
00:07:19.660 all nine of them I counted, and of course the Trump and Vance families. This ceremony marks
00:07:27.580 what will soon be 250 years of our democracy. It is the moment when leaders elevated by the will
00:07:36.380 of the people promise to be faithful to our constitution to cherish and defend it it is the
00:07:43.100 moment when they become as we all should be the guardians of our country through war and peace
00:07:51.020 through adversity and prosperity we hold this inauguration every four years and today it falls
00:07:58.140 on martin luther king day a further reminder that we must strive to uphold the values enshrined
00:08:05.260 in our Constitution, the freedoms, the liberties, and, as is inscribed on the
00:08:11.880 entrance of the United States Supreme Court, equal justice under law.
00:08:24.020 But what makes this moment more than a passing ceremony is all who are watching
00:08:30.140 it across the country the people of this nation the ordinary people doing
00:08:35.900 extraordinary things president Kennedy who at one point worked as a senator in
00:08:41.480 this building and would often walk through this very rotunda one said in a
00:08:47.000 democracy every citizen regardless of interest in politics holds office every
00:08:53.140 one of us is in a position of responsibility with that responsibility
00:08:59.420 of citizenship comes an obligation not to seek out malice as president lincoln once reminded us
00:09:06.540 but to view others with a generosity of spirit despite our differences with that responsibility
00:09:13.500 of leadership comes an obligation to stand our ground when we must and find common ground when
00:09:20.700 we can with everything swirling around us the hot mess of division it is on all of us to quote an
00:09:28.940 incredible songwriter who just happened to be born in my state to ensure that our nation's democracy
00:09:36.540 is our shelter from the storm there's a reason this ceremony takes place at the capitol in other
00:09:45.660 countries it might be in a presidential palace or a gilded executive office building here it is
00:09:51.500 traditionally held at the capitol the people's house it is a fitting reminder of the system of
00:09:58.220 checks and balances that is the very foundation of our government three equal branches of
00:10:06.060 government that is how for nearly 250 years our great american experiment grounded in the rule
00:10:14.140 of law has endured so as we inaugurate a new president and vice president let us remember
00:10:23.980 that the power of those in this room comes from the people.
00:10:29.900 The construction workers who build our country,
00:10:33.380 the teachers and healthcare workers who nurture us,
00:10:36.580 the troops defending our freedoms,
00:10:39.000 and yes, the firefighters in Los Angeles putting themselves on the line for us.
00:10:53.980 Our democracy's strength and grit must match theirs.
00:11:02.920 May God bless our nation.
00:11:05.320 Thank you.
00:11:23.980 Good afternoon.
00:11:28.980 Endurance through the years is the ultimate test.
00:11:32.980 To persevere through time is the truest measure of an idea, an institution.