There's this question I keep asking myself, as I try to game out what the next few weeks are going to look like in Washington.

Is Joe Biden's version of unity going to be a rallying cry or a punchline?

You can already see some Republicans starting to sneer at this word,

implying that rolling back a ban on transgender service members

or pushing for a stimulus plan are somehow antithetical to unity.

And then you hear some Biden allies calmly staying the course,

implying, we got this.

It was a beautiful day. It was an historic inauguration.

This is Senator Chris Coons, the day the president was sworn in.

He replaced Biden in the Senate. They're close.

And you can tell, he's really embracing the whole unity idea.

And I think President Biden gave a great address that called on us to look at the moments in our history when we've overcome division, when we've tackled great challenges, and when we've made

progress together. But when Senator Coons is pressed about whether Biden can really do the kind of unifying he wants,

he has this revealing exchange.

He says the way we think about unity, it's going to hinge on one person.

And the fact that majority leader, outgoing majority leader, Mitch McConnell, joined Joe Biden for worship this morning and skipped Donald Trump's departure ceremony from Andrews Air Force Base and that he has indicated an openness to proceeding with impeachment is a small but encouraging signal.

So I guess that's like the optimistic take.

Alex Thompson covers the White House for Politico.

He just wrote a big piece on Biden and McConnell.

It's called Enemies, a love story.

But if you're expecting that because McConnell went to church with Joe Biden, that suddenly

he's going to change his stance on the Green New Deal or any other sort of, you know,

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