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Biden Inauguration To Be Smallest Ever After Committee Guts Live Audience

Biden’s own inauguration organizers urged Americans to stay home from the ceremony …

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December 16, 2020

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President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony is poised to be the smallest ever after his inauguration committee gutted live attendance, dropping it from 200,000 to barely over 1,000 on Wednesday.

The committee is taking the precautions in response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying the inauguration audience will now resemble that of a State of the Union address, according a statement from the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies (JCCIC). Republican Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, who chairs the committee, told reporters his committee is looking into “enhanced opportunities to watch the ceremonies online, in addition to the traditional televised national broadcast.”

NEWS on the inauguration front: The Joint Inauguration Cmte, due to the pandemic, has made the "difficult decision to limit attendance at the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies to a live audience that resembles a State of the Union."
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) December 16, 2020

Biden’s own inauguration organizers urged Americans to stay home from the ceremony Tuesday, also citing the coronavirus pandemic. The JCCIC typically sends out roughly 200,000 tickets for members of Congress to distribute among their constituents. This year, however, there will only be 1,070 — two tickets for each member of Congress.

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