Hoover hated FDR but showed up for inauguration

For most of the country’s history, a peaceful transition of power has defined American democracy. That does not mean we have always been a nation united. What marks Joe Biden’s inauguration as different is not the disagreement among parties and peoples, but rather how the opposition expresses those differences.

For most of the country’s history, a peaceful transition of power has defined American democracy. That does not mean we have always been a nation united. What marks Joe Biden’s inauguration as different is not the disagreement among parties and peoples, but rather how the opposition expresses those differences.