Biden on stage as event gets underway

January 20, 2021 22:05

The swearing-in ceremony of Joe Biden has begun.

Senator Amy Klobuchar reflects on the significance of today's inauguration at the US Capitol in the wake of a riot in the same place two weeks ago.

"This is the day when our democracy picks itself up, brushes off the dust and does what America always does, goes forward as a nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all," she said at the start of the ceremony.

She said now, as the country turns the page, it is up to everyone to "take up the torch of our democracy" to be an instrument of good.

"We pledge today never to take our democracy for granted as we celebrate its remarkable strength. We celebrate its resilience, its grit," Klobuchar said.

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