Trump sworn in on Inauguration Day as he vows “the golden age of America begins right now”
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Back at the luncheon on Capitol Hill, Scalise, the House’s No. 2 Republican, toasted Mr. Trump.
“The impossible is what we do in America,” he said, referencing the president’s speech after he was sworn in.
Scalise, a Louisiana Republican, added that “America is ready for another golden age.”
He and Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, presented to the president and vice president flags flown over the Capitol during the inauguration.
Jeffries then offered a toast, wishing the new leaders “godspeed.”
“From Appalachia to Anacostia, Middletown to Mar-a-Lago, the Bayou to Brooklyn, we remain one nation under God,” the New York Democrat said. “To Vice President Vance, Usha and family, may God bless and watch over you as you begin this journey.”
Fischer then presented to the president and vice president photographs from when they were taking the oaths of office, and Klobuchar gave them crystal Lenox vases that display the White House, for Mr. Trump, and the Capitol, for Vance.
The vice president also serves as president of the Senate.
“These gifts symbolize our equal branches of government as well as our enduring democracy,” she said.
Source: cbsnews.com