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It’s so cold in Washington, D.C., politicians are going to need to heat up their speeches for the Inauguration
As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris hand over the reins to President-Elect Donald Trump and J.D. Vance during the Presidential Inauguration Jan. 20, the United States capital is experiencing severe cold.
In fact, the temperature is so low, that the rigging for the White House flags are frozen solid, meaning the flags that had been flying at half-staff following the death of President Jimmy Carter were unable to be raised to their full height until late morning.
As the Wall Street Journal’s Olivia Beavers wrote on X, formerly Twitter, “Speaker [Mike] Johnson previously said the House would raise the US flags for Inauguration Day to full staff, but operations are encountering an issue: the cords are frozen, a source in Johnson’s office confirms to me.”
But that isn’t the only way the cold temperatures have affected the Jan. 20 proceedings: While the Swearing In normally takes place on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol building, the ceremony has been moved inside to the Capitol Rotunda.
