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01/20/2021

Kamala Harris Sworn into History

She's the first Black person and the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office

Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States on Wednesday, stepping into history as the highest-ranking female politician in American history.

As the world watched and worried and hoped, Harris raised her right hand, face steeled as it was through so many hearings and debates that it became her signature stare.

Then, as Justice Sonia Sotomayor read “so help me God,” the stoicism broke.

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