Three Wednesdays' of history making events
21 January 2021 By Abiodun Giwa
President Joseph Biden taking the oath of office
History is made through events and the days these events are made are also recorded in human memory. The last three Wednesdays, respectively, represent days that can hardly be forgotten in the United States.
The last of the three Wednesdays has just witnessed the departure of a former president from Washington, and the inauguration of a new president.
The world watches President Donald Trump departs the White House for the last time in a helicopter to the Andrew Joint Base from where he boards the Airforce One to Florida. And as the president lands in Florida, the inauguration of his successor, Joseph Biden begins in Washington.
The epoch-making inauguration of Biden as the country's 46th president this Wednesday comes on the heel of earlier two prior Wednesdays that equally had drawn the world's attention to the U.S.
The Wednesday before the Wednesday of the inauguration had witnessed members of the Congress embarking on an impeachment of an outgoing president for an event that had happened the previous Wednesday, when supporters of the president protested in the Capitol and the overzealous among the protesters had breached the Capitol.
The event in Washington for Biden's inauguration represents a celebration of an election victory. Celebration of victory is what always follows an election. Winning and losing an election have consequences. The winner and his supporters are happy, while the opposite is applicable to the loser and his supporters. So, the celebration by the Democratic Party and the Liberal media of the victory of their alter-ego is not unexpected, and no one should criticize that segment of the media for their heroic celebration of the new President Joseph Biden.
it is ideal to remember that it is not only in the U.S. that an election has faced the accusation of fraud as the world is glued to events in the U.S. for the last three Wednesdays. The same has happened in Ghana, and Uganda, both African countries. The sitting president in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has won the presidential election in his country, and the opposition party has cried foul. Just like the world has witnessed the same event in Uganda this past week - where the sitting president of several years, Yoweri Museveni, has won the election and the opposition has also cried foul.
The U.S. represents the only country where the opposition has won the election and the incumbent has cried foul. The incumbent rarely loses election in Africa. And when it happens, there is always a cry of fraud. Another difference is that the incumbent in the U.S. decidedly asked hard questions, and he told his supporters to take their case to the Congress, and for that reason the former president is being tied to the acts of the overzealous few among millions of protesters.
However, Biden has called for unity. It is not clear yet whether the call for unity by Biden will include abandoning the drive to impeach a president who is no longer in office as a way of bringing Americans together. Undoubtedly, America is currently going through a moment of uncertainty. People seem to be folding arms to see how the country goes through into the next Wednesday and beyond. The fear of the moment being that America looks like a police state the days toward Biden's inauguration, and the departure of his predecessor.
And some people have wrongly termed the events spanning the last three Wednesdays, except the inauguration, as something akin to a civil war. This is a time to be vigilant.
The last of the three Wednesdays has just witnessed the departure of a former president from Washington, and the inauguration of a new president.
The world watches President Donald Trump departs the White House for the last time in a helicopter to the Andrew Joint Base from where he boards the Airforce One to Florida. And as the president lands in Florida, the inauguration of his successor, Joseph Biden begins in Washington.
The epoch-making inauguration of Biden as the country's 46th president this Wednesday comes on the heel of earlier two prior Wednesdays that equally had drawn the world's attention to the U.S.
The Wednesday before the Wednesday of the inauguration had witnessed members of the Congress embarking on an impeachment of an outgoing president for an event that had happened the previous Wednesday, when supporters of the president protested in the Capitol and the overzealous among the protesters had breached the Capitol.
The event in Washington for Biden's inauguration represents a celebration of an election victory. Celebration of victory is what always follows an election. Winning and losing an election have consequences. The winner and his supporters are happy, while the opposite is applicable to the loser and his supporters. So, the celebration by the Democratic Party and the Liberal media of the victory of their alter-ego is not unexpected, and no one should criticize that segment of the media for their heroic celebration of the new President Joseph Biden.
it is ideal to remember that it is not only in the U.S. that an election has faced the accusation of fraud as the world is glued to events in the U.S. for the last three Wednesdays. The same has happened in Ghana, and Uganda, both African countries. The sitting president in Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo has won the presidential election in his country, and the opposition party has cried foul. Just like the world has witnessed the same event in Uganda this past week - where the sitting president of several years, Yoweri Museveni, has won the election and the opposition has also cried foul.
The U.S. represents the only country where the opposition has won the election and the incumbent has cried foul. The incumbent rarely loses election in Africa. And when it happens, there is always a cry of fraud. Another difference is that the incumbent in the U.S. decidedly asked hard questions, and he told his supporters to take their case to the Congress, and for that reason the former president is being tied to the acts of the overzealous few among millions of protesters.
However, Biden has called for unity. It is not clear yet whether the call for unity by Biden will include abandoning the drive to impeach a president who is no longer in office as a way of bringing Americans together. Undoubtedly, America is currently going through a moment of uncertainty. People seem to be folding arms to see how the country goes through into the next Wednesday and beyond. The fear of the moment being that America looks like a police state the days toward Biden's inauguration, and the departure of his predecessor.
And some people have wrongly termed the events spanning the last three Wednesdays, except the inauguration, as something akin to a civil war. This is a time to be vigilant.
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