. >> i want to turn now to congressman brandon boyle, democrat of pennsylvania, the second district of pennsylvania, one of the candidate joe biden's earliest supporters in campaign 2020. was this the inauguration and was this the message that you envisioned when you announced your endorsement of joe biden on that first day that he said he was running for the presidency? >> well, good to be back with you and great to be back on c-span. when joe first announced and i endorsed him immediately that morning, it was almost two years ago. so we were well before covid and certainly the inaugural that i envision was something more typical in terms of crowds. and we've learned this whole new vocabulary in the last year that just didn't exist two years ago with social distancing and the need to mask up, et cetera. and then of course the other major change is just how much security was understandably required, the fact that the few of us who were able to attend the ceremony did so under very heavy national guard protection inside fences that had barbed wire on them. so that was certainly not -- t

. >> i want to turn now to congressman brandon boyle, democrat of pennsylvania, the second district ofennsylvania, one of the candidate joe biden's earliest supporters in campaign 2020. was this the inauguration and was this the message that you envisioned when you announced your endorsement of joe biden on that first day that he said he was running for the presidency? >> well, good to be back with you and great to be back on c-span. when joe first announced and i

. >> brandon boyle from the second district of pennsylvania, a democrat. c-span viewers familiar with him, always do appreciate the time you give with us here on the washington journal. >> thank you for what c-span does. >> joining us via zoom congressman buddy carter, republican of georgia. congressman carter, were you there on the west front yesterday? >> i was. i was at the inauguration. i had a special guest. my guest was from my district and was the mental health advocate of the year for 2020 in the state of georgia. so i was very proud to have her with me, and it was a delightful day for both of us. she works in our prison bureau and does a fantastic job. and of course mental health is something extremely important to me and should be to all of us. and she does a great job within that system and very proud of her. >> well, i know you were just listening to that portion of joe biden's inaugural address that we played. what did you make of that call for unity? and where do you see your role in that as a member of congress? >> certainly i applaud the pr