POLITICO

By Ben Johansen

After a Democratic-led campaign framed around Donald Trump being the most significant threat to democracy the country faces, one Democratic lawmaker is changing her tone.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), who serves as chair of the Inaugural Ceremony Committee, teed off the group of speakers ahead of Trump’s inauguration, the first Democrat to speak at the ceremony.

“Our theme this year is our enduring democracy,” the Minnesota senator said.

"The presence of so many presidents and vice presidents here today is truly a testament to that endurance,” she added, looking away from the president-elect, and toward the outgoing president, Joe Biden, and former commanders in chief.