Biden’s inaugural speech relies heavily on the REDRESS framing device --- The REDRESS framing device can be detected in this whole section (as well as in other parts of the inaugural speech): The no-longer-candidate is taking office after a close called election just after a period of uncertainty and divisiveness marked by the storming of the Capitol Building instigated by the previous president Donald Trump in another attempt to interfere with Democrats assuming the U.S. presidency. After such a political crisis Biden does well in recurring to REDRESS trying to signal concerned U.S. citizens and authorities the hurtful democratic nightmare is over and announces a REDRESS by saying, for example: ”Through a crucible for the ages America has been tested anew and America has risen to the challenge” preceded of: “This is America’s day.” “This is democracy’s day.” “A day of history and hope”.”Of renewal and resolve.” And followed by "Today, we celebrate the triumph not of a candidate, but of a cause, the cause of democracy... We have learned again that democracy is precious... fragile. And at this hour, my friends, democracy has prevailed." Along his full inauguration speech, Biden tries to reasure those millions of people who considered and experienced Trump's presidency as a very dark period in the American exercise of leadership right at the higest office of the land. At the ceremony of taking charge of that office, Biden signals along his whole speech that the inauguration of Biden's presidency means: Going Back to Normal. (EPILOGUE: A "catastrophy" was averted on those days but the arrival to a governance paradise was -naturally- far away on that inauguration day, as the U.S. continues to be polarized today and showing signs of diviseveness -as Biden's below 40% job approval popular ratings detected by polls, the Republican Right electoral comback show right now-... troubling currents are still running deep inside the socio-political system...).

Source author: Eric Suzán Reed esuzan@sre.gob.mx