For Washington’s heavily Democratic congressional delegation, Monday was a complicated day.
On one hand, they applauded the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Joe Biden to Donald Trump. On the other, Trump’s inauguration is sure to bring a new chapter of tensions and clashes between the Republican president and most of the state’s federal lawmakers.
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