Inauguration Day – #NotMyPresident trends on Twitter during Biden ceremony as Trump leaves office
HASHTAG #NotMyPresident began trending just before Joe Biden’s inauguration as Donald Trump supporters shared their dismay at the new president.
President Joe Biden took to the steps of the inaugural stage at 11.18am ET to cheers from a smaller than usual crowd – before he was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
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But minutes later, the hashtag went viral with over 21,000 mentions as Trump supporters included the phrase in their tweets.
The term “not my president” was first used by Democrat supporters after Trump’s 2016 victory and was a regularly slogan in protest chants and hashtags on social media.
“In about 40 minutes, His Fraudulency Joe Biden will become #NotMyPresident,” user @NolteNC wrote on the social media platform.
Another wrote: “Sad day today! A corrupt career poiltician is being sworn in! #NotMyPresident.”
The post included a mocked up graphic of Chinese President Xi Jinping controlling Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, depicting them as puppets.
Meanwhile, @trumpingitup, shared a photo along with the hashtag encouraging others to turn off their “televisions, cell phones, tablets, computers, radios, etc” between noon and 2pm – to make sure Biden’s inauguration had “the lowest ratings in history.”
“Joe Biden is #notmypresident,” said another.
It came as Joe Biden, joined by his family, was inaugurated on the steps of the US Capitol on Wednesday lunchtime.
He hailed a day of “history and hope” and urged the US to “come together” as he was sworn in as president today.
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The new president said his “whole soul is in this, bringing America together” as he delivered his inaugural address to a reduced crowd at the Capitol in Washington, DC.
Former president Trump did not attend the ceremony.
The outgoing leader gave a farewell address earlier in the day before boarding Air Force One and heading to Florida.