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George W. Bush called Clyburn the country's 'savior' for his role in helping Biden defeat Trump: report
January 20, 2021
On Wednesday, Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard reported that former President George W. Bush privately told House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC) that he is "the savior" because of his kingmaker role in the Democratic primary that cemented the nomination for President Joe Biden.
"You know, you're the savior, because if you had not nominated Joe Biden, we would not be having this transfer of power today," Bush reportedly told Clyburn, adding that Biden was "the only one who could have defeated the incumbent president."
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Police arrested Samuel Fisher on Wednesday morning for his participation in the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6. Fisher had bragged about his role in the attack and bringing firearms to the city.
The Daily Beast reported goes by "Brad Holiday" in the right-wing conspiracy world. He is being charged with disorderly conduct on restricted grounds and unlawful entry. It was the New York Daily News, that announced Fisher had an "arsenal of ammunition, tactical gear, two machetes, an American flag, and at least one shotgun."
<p>Fisher posted several photos of himself inside the Capitol on his social media and bragged about his role in the attack. When he was asked if he was on the "frontlines," the Daily Beast noted that he answered: "It was awesome. It was dangerous and violent. People died...but it was fucking great if you ask me….i (sic) got tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed."</p><p>He continued: "Seeing cops literally run ... was the coolest thing ive (sic) ever seen in my life. Cant (sic) divulge too much here...but fuck the DC police. In all seriousness and get ready."</p><p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/samuel-fisher-conspiracy-addled-nyc-pickup-artist-arrested-in-capitol-riots" target="_blank">Read the full report. </a></p>
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After being sworn into office at noon Wednesday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris welcomed Americans from across the country to sing, dance and play music on the National Day of Unity.
Biden's proclimation reads:
<p>"Today, we celebrate the triumph of democracy after an election that saw more Americans voting than ever before in our Nation's history, and where the will of the people has been heard and heeded.</p><p>"We do so at a moment of great peril and promise for our Nation. A once-in-a-century deadly pandemic. A historic and deepening economic crisis. Calls for racial justice some 400 years in the making. A climate crisis with force and fury. We also feel the rise in political extremism and domestic terrorism –- unleashed just days ago on our Capitol, the citadel of freedom, but brewing long before –- that we must confront and defeat.</p><p>"Yet in this dire moment, democracy prevailed. On this day, we set our sights on the Nation we know we can and must be. I am honored to do so alongside Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman who has taken the oath to serve in elected national office, and who will not be the last. Together, we know that to overcome the challenges before all of us, to restore the soul of America, requires the beating heart of a democracy: Unity. </p><p>"With unity, we can save lives and beat this pandemic. We can build our economy back better and include everyone. We can right wrongs and root out systemic racism in our country. We can confront the climate crisis with American jobs and ingenuity. We can protect our democracy by seeing each other not as adversaries but as fellow Americans. For the world to see, with unity we can lead not just by the example of our power, but by the power of our example.</p><p>"As we start the hard work to be done, I pray this moment gives us the strength to rebuild this house of ours upon a rock that can never be washed away. And, as in the Prayer of St. Francis, for where there is discord, union; where there is doubt, faith, where there is darkness, light.</p><p>"On this Inauguration Day I swear an oath to be a President for all Americans and ask every American to join me in this cause of democracy. May this be the story that unites us as fellow Americans and as the United States of America.</p><p>"NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim January 20, 2021, a National Day of Unity and call upon the people of our Nation to join together and write the next story of our democracy –- an American story of decency and dignity, of love and of healing, and of greatness and of goodness.</p><p>"IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-fifth. "<br/></p><p>Watch below: </p>
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