Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez (J-Lo) introduced Spanish at the inauguration ceremony of the new president of the United States, Joe Biden, and recited the last part of the oath of allegiance in Spanish.
“One nation, under one God, indivisible, with freedom and justice for allJ-Lo recited at the end of his show, in which he performed “This Land Is Your Land”, composed by Woody Guthrie and transformed into an anti-fascist, patriotic national anthem.
Jennifer Lopez, New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, bwas one of the artists invited to Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony, who, shortly before noon on Wednesday, took the oath as the forty-sixth president of the United States on the steps of the western façade of the Chapter.
López, who included Spanish for the first time in the ceremony, was accompanied by her husband, former Dominican baseball player Álex Rodríguez.
Lady Gaga, who sang the national anthem, and Garth Brooks, who sang “Amazing Grace,” there were other artists invited to the ceremony, which took place in front of a small audience of guests and without the traditional crowds of other years due to the pandemic and increased security after the assault on the Capitol on the 6th.