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The historical context in which the President’s inauguration took place Joe Biden, with the recent uprising on Capitol Hill and his predecessor Donald Trump’s attempts to maintain power by force, the event is one of the most important in US politics, today split between the factions that unconditionally support the New York tycoon and those who abhor his politics and divisive speech.
In fact, political experts expected that the inauguration, held under severe security measures in the US capital, could be as remembered by historians as the controversies in the electoral college leading up to Rutherford Hayes’ presidency (1877-1981). President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s (1933-1945) speech of disgrace after the attacks on Pearl Harbor, or Abraham Lincoln’s (1961-1965) address in Gettysburg in the midst of the American Civil War.
“There are many parallels that reflect the historical significance of the moment. For example, in Lincoln’s (Gettysburg) address, he was dealing with a country divided and armed on a polarizing issue like slavery. It was a house divided against itself. The recent violence on Capitol Hill is the culmination of multiple acts of violence by groups against African Americans and Latinos. These violent acts are manifestations of a kind of struggle that is essentially similar, albeit by different methods. But the result and significance is the same, for it implies a powerful blow to the United States and the deep wounds that are difficult to heal that the President must help overcome. “said José Rivera González, professor of international politics at the Universidad del Sagrado Corazón.
“Comparing this moment, you would think back to 1876 when the electoral college crashed, Hayes was elected in an unusual process and allowed racism to flourish openly in the South. I think Trump I wanted to force that and we have a commitment to Biden to resolve the crisis, ”said activist Federico de Jesús for his part.
Political analyst Ignacio Rivera expressed that message of Biden who, on the one hand, sought to promote union between the various ideological factions in the United States and, on the other hand, shows strength and limits those groups that promote negative values such as racism, bigotry, violence and segregation.
Biden’s speech was one of reconciliation, hope and justice, and that is what the US needs to reconcile the divisions created by President Trump, who will go down in history as the republic’s worst president. He is trying to reunite a nation divided by hatred, evil and prejudice. As a result, the nation split into two banks, just as it did just before the civil war.Rivera told El Nuevo Día.
The analyst realized that both Biden’s speech and others during the inauguration process emphasized the need to lay down arms, reflecting the intense and violent divisions in American politics. But in it he indicated that the nation will triumph over those violent groups. If you have to face them, you are willing to. It was a subtle threat, ”Rivera insisted.
“To heal, you have to remember, and what that means is that you have to thoroughly investigate everything, the violations of the law that have been committed in the last four years and also the social situation in the United States. Trump was very close to establishing a dictatorship and instigating an uprising that was unheard of and reforms must be implemented to prevent this, ”said De Jesús.