Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar to Speak at Presidential Inauguration

(KNSI) – Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar will speak at today’s presidential inauguration.

Klobuchar, who ran against Joe Biden for the 2020 democratic presidential nomination, is the Senate’s ranking member of the committee in charge of the inauguration and said it’s time to move forward.

“This is the moment where we dust ourselves off as a country, and we say our democracy lives. Our democracy prevailed on January 6th. Maybe it was at four in the morning when those votes finally got counted, but it prevailed.”

President Donald Trump departed Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, at 8:00 a.m. CST and will not be attending today’s inauguration. Klobuchar seemed to scold the president for not being on the stage, saying Americans will get to see there is still respect for democracy in Washington despite some bitter partisan politics.

“There are leaders in this country that believe in the peaceful transfer of power, and that is the moment you’re going to see it’s been going on in our democracy for over 230 years.”

It has been 224 years in which Presidential transitions have existed in one form or another, starting in 1797, when George Washington handed over the presidency to John Adams.

Klobuchar’s speech is set for 9:15 a.m. CST and will last around four minutes.

The typical pomp and circumstance surrounding a presidential inauguration will be subdued this time around. Klobuchar says that is by design.

“Everything has had to be done differently. And I think people will be part of it, they’ll feel part of it. My guess is you’re going to have more people watching this inauguration than ever before.”

In his parting remarks, President Trump thanked his friends, family, staff and supporters and called being president was the “honor of a lifetime” and called the White House “the greatest home in the world.”

Trump is headed to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.