CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The two leading political parties reacted in partisan fashion Monday afternoon following the inauguration of Donald Trump as the nation’s 47th president.
Trump took his oath of office inside the US Capitol as DC dealt with bitterly cold temperatures throughout the day.
The twice-elected president spoke for half an hour before a crowd of around 600 people. He promised to unify the country, saying in part, “National unity is now returning to America and confidence and pride is soaring like never before in everything we do.”
But he also spent part of his remarks seemingly criticizing his predecessor, never specifically addressing Joe Biden by name.
“We now have a government that cannot manage even a simple crisis at home, while at the same time stumbling into a continuing catalog of catastrophic events abroad,” said Trump.
Matt Mercer, communications director for North Carolina’s GOP argued that criticism was a reflection of how voters felt when they elected Trump back in November.
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“I think he’s pointing out the problems that I think most people feel, even folks I think who may have voted for Kamala Harris didn’t feel like things were going well in our country,” said Mercer.
DNC Deputy Executive Director Roger Lau argued just the opposite, that Trump’s remarks and the guests in attendance on Monday revealed the president’s true allegiances.
“Sitting alongside him as he was taking that oath of office was not who you would normally think, he was standing alongside billionaires, tech oligarchs, people who are going to be coming into his administration,” said Lau.
