You hear my cat freaking out?

Yes.

That may escort her from the premises.

Hello and welcome to this inauguration edition of the 538 Politics Podcast.

I'm Gailan D'Rouke.

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are officially President and Vice President of the United States.

Kamala Harris is of course the first woman and woman of color to be Vice President.

Joe Biden is the oldest person to ever take the oath of office as President.

The theme of Biden's inaugural speech was largely unity.

He said quote, we must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue.

And that quote, without unity there is no peace, only bitterness and fury.

There's a lot of talk about tradition and democracy and mentions of the attack on the

Capitol that took place exactly where they were all standing just two weeks ago.

In Biden's first tweet as President, he said there's no time to waste and that he's

heading to the Oval Office.

He reportedly plans to take 17 executive actions on his first day in office.

So today we're going to discuss the messages that the new Biden administration sent at

inauguration and what the beginning of the Biden presidency is going to look like.

And he would be to do that.

His editor-in-chief Nate Silver.

Hey Nate.

Hey Galen.

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