Thank you, my friend. I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Primetime. It is inauguration Eve.

And less than 15 hours from now, noon tomorrow, Joe Biden takes the helm in some of the worst

seas we've ever seen. And we are on a very, very uncertain course. It's no small irony that America

crossed the 400,000 coronavirus death mark on the final full day in office for a president whose

legacy will be a litany of pain and loss and hatred. And while that disgraced man has no

one to follow, he did start his term with a pledge that he has now made a priority for Joe Biden.

This American carnage stops right here and stops right now.

Now, Trump meant the opposite and look at the tally. 400,000 more than that did. A pandemic he told

you was going to disappear like a miracle. That is American carnage, a vaccine that no one really

planned to distribute well. That could create carnage, a deadly insurrection he inspired to attack

Congress, terrorists that he told he loved. That is American carnage. And yes,

racists, hateful hordes all over this country feeling empowered like they haven't for a generation

to act on their invective. That is carnage. And Trump and the enablers who remain, all of you own it.

You who ignored, echoed and empowered this menace, you should see the fruits of your faithless oath

to this country. Look at what you've done. Military needed to secure the democracy from other

Americans and raged by you. No longer can America boast a peaceful transfer of power.

Allie, Cruz, McConnell, McCarthy, let these names ring in infamy just like the day they brought

to rest on January 6th. The day they stood up, other than McConnell, but he's done plenty to make

things worse. The rest of you stood up to lie about an election in Congress even after an insurrection.

Trump did not act alone. You took us here and we will never forget. But now it is on Biden and

Harris to stop the carnage. And they all ready before they're inaugurated, they made a moment we

sorely needed. The first time this country stopped to mourn the dead from COVID at the reflecting

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