![]() ![]() ![]() When we heard Amanda Gorman, the youngest poet ever to perform at an inauguration, passionately recite her beautiful poem, The Hill We Climb, I found myself thinking not about what was happening on stage – as compelling as it was – but about what was happening a mile-and-a-half away in the White House.Īs Gorman recited the lines,“…while democracy can be periodically delayed, it can never be permanently defeated,” I imagined the Residence staff from the White House Operations Department loading new mattresses and box springs into the elevator, the housekeepers expertly changing bedsheets, and the butlers making sure the family kitchen on the second floor is stocked with the Bidens’ favorite snacks.īecause while our eyes were trained on President Biden and the historic swearing in of Vice President Kamala Harris as the first woman, and the first woman of color ever to be vice president, a team of dedicated professionals was making sure that the peaceful transfer of power was happening seamlessly inside the White House. ![]()
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