There are signs of a broader political shift under way, one that raises the prospect of a Republican primary electorate even friendlier to Donald Trump and Trump-allied candidates.
The state representative from North Philadelphia cast himself as a champion of working people who would make history as Pennsylvania’s first Black and first openly gay senator.
The Central Pennsylvania Republican reflects a problem facing both parties: how to unite and move forward after a mixed-bag election of wins and losses.
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn into office during an inauguration ceremony on the steps of the U.S. Capitol where rioters tried to overturn their election victory.
Downtown was unrecognizable — a desolated version of the city that hosts one of the country’s most cherished democratic traditions. But some still came to rejoice.
Biden supporters in Pennsylvania say the inability to witness history in person hasn’t been a huge damper on a day they’ve been looking forward to for years.
Law enforcement in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were prepared for violence Sunday, but the streets remained quiet and largely clear of Trump loyalists protesting the election of Joe Biden.
“The first impeachment was serious and grievous and amounted to high crimes and misdemeanors against our country, but this one is so much worse,” Dean said.
Trump’s most faithful followers are even more convinced that their news — the news that led to the Capitol attack — is the real story, now being unfairly censored.
