What's your primary emotion right now...?

[First Speaker]

...there are so many to choose from. Rage, of course. Pure, naked rage at Moron45, his acts, his words, and his enablers. Humiliation, that our country has come to this. Shame, at the crimes our country has committed under Trump. Determination--to make sure our democracy not only survives these past four years, but thrives, to reach new heights. Despite *them*. Occasional flashes of despair, wondering if 1/6 is just the beginning of our unraveling. Then determination again. Then hope--maybe the best thing, as Morgan Freeman said in Shawshank Redemption. Without it, we're nothing. But for me, above all, it's sheer relief. That it's *over*. And that--fingers crossed--we'll make it to noon tomorrow.

[MoonRiver]

1. JOY! Our long national nightmare is over, and a new day is dawning!

[NurseJackie]

7. 🎵 I've got a joy joy joy joy down in my heart! 🎵

[Raven123]

2. Relief for sure.

[SoonerPride]

3. Anticipation

Like a kid before Christmas.

Tomorrow can't come soon enough.

[Binkie The Clown]

4. Looking forward to being bored out of my skull for the next four years. nt

[Dagstead Bumwood]

36. And no more 3 AM toilet rage tweets. n/t

[MontanaMama]

5. Relief...and a low level of anxiety

about potential heinous pardons and violence tainting any part of tomorrow.

[LSparkle]

9. Agreed ... trying To focus on relief

[ProfessorGAC]

23. Just The 1st For Me

Massive relief!

[CanonRay]

33. Relief for me as well

[Tommy_Carcetti]

6. Feel a little numb and exhausted, but glad to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

Would have felt a little more upbeat but unfortunately received some discouraging health news (non-COVID) affecting the immediate family. Still glad that the distraction of Trump will be gone soon so that at least whatever my worries might be in the future, he won't be a part of it.

[Spider Jerusalem]

8. Trepidation

which won't go away until Biden and Harris are safely sworn in without incident.

[gratuitous]

10. An utterly wasted four years

Even if the Trump administration hadn't unrolled so many steps forward, the enduring legacy of 400,000 pandemic deaths, wasted because of pointless squabbling and nontroversies over where the virus originated or whether to wear masks is just so deflating. Millions of families who will miss Dad or Auntie or Sonny or Cuz at get-togethers forever. When the full awful story clatters out of the closet like so many skeletons, I hope there's enough juice left in the American people to get righteously outraged at Trump and his misadministration.

[Kimber432]

11. Giddy with excitement, wish I was at a watch party for 45

across from the white house!!! Hit the road Jack!!!!

[peacebuzzard]

12. overwhelmed and serene, simultaneously

so much destruction; however, we now have the right team that knows the rules and how it works.

[AngryOldDem]

13. Exhaustion

I think it’s finally hit me the psychological toll the last five years have exacted. You don’t realize it as you go through it — it’s only when you see an end to it that it hits you just how bad things were. Combine that with the horror and total societal disruption of COVID (due in large part to Trump’s incompetence and indifference), and I can detect (at least in me) a cynical weariness that I hope starts to fade beginning at noon tomorrow.

Here’s to better days ahead.

[hlthe2b]

14. Equal parts relief, anticipation, and anxiety

[gopiscrap]

15. anticipation

[cry baby]

16. Gratitude as we finally have a national grieving moment for

over 400,000 souls.

Personally, I’ve needed this memorial.

[gldstwmn]

17. Cautious relief.

America, she just might make it.

[chillfactor]

18. Fear.....

that someone might get through all the protection and cause harm.

[alittlelark]

26. Me too.

[Demsrule86]

19. Joy, Trump will be gone tomorrow. I have been waiting for this since January 21st 2017

[LakeArenal]

31. Always on the same page. 🇺🇸❣️🇺🇸

[Trailrider1951]

20. For the first time, it's HOPE for our country, our people

and pride for my fellow Democrats that helped to make this day possible. Stacy Abrams, I'm looking at YOU!

[rzemanfl]

21. The past four years have so ruined everything that anger and rage

will be my primary emotions for the foreseeable future. Drumpf will be gone but that fucker DeSatan still has the ability, perhaps the desire, to kill me.

[Throckmorton]

22. Fear, simple fear.

Noon tomorrow cannot come soon enough for me.
Heir Trumpenfurher still has 19 hours to wreak havoc.

[11 Bravo]

24. Apprehension. If only half of the Trump voters cast their ballot ...

due solely to the (R) appended to his name, that still leaves over 35 million Americans who agree with him.
And that's worrisome.

[Aristus]

25. Cautious optimism.

[brooklynite]

27. None...

1) I'm at work

2) I've learned to squeeze emotion out of my political life; the better to make objective decisions on political activity.

[mindfulNJ]

28. I've run the gamut.

Happy, sad, fearful, hopeful, outraged...

I have just come through what are probably the worst 4 years of my life. Trump was elected, I lost my Dad, my Mom, and my sister (before Covid) had some very serious issues with my son's mental health and my business is on the ropes.

I am hoping that this Inauguration is the start of better times. Fingers crossed.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

29. It's Christmas Eve, and I'm 6 years old again. nt

[brush]

30. From anger and continued anger thru trumpism, finally to joy on Nov. 6 then fear...

fear, fear while hoping to get thru to Jan. 20 without a major calamity, then intense anger, anger anger on Jan. 6 which has continued until now.

Tomorrow at noon it will be relief and finally joy again.

[cally]

32. Terrified that something horrible

May still happen before tomorrow. I do not expect it but I’ve worried too long over this to let it go too soon. Tomorrow at noon will be glorious

[wishstar]

34. Deep sadness for the damage and loss we have all suffered

and exhausted relief that we have a better path forward finally

[AaronCross]

35. Relief...

I know that all of our problems that we have as a nation will not go away after President Biden is sworn in at noon tomorrow but darn it's going to feel good to have the adults back in charge!

[lostnfound]

38. Anxiety and intense worry, an 83-year old VIP in my life is in hospital

Worried sick, he is so healthy and strong, but past 10 days have been atrocious for him and I’m terrified of losing him 15 years sooner than we thought we would

The fear of the right wing insurrectionists and the latest news that new strains of the virus have evolved to evade antibodies whether produced by illness or by the vaccine is roaring background noise

Distraught over other thing too which I can’t write about

Somewhat hopeful that the train wreck of national governance will show so ev radial improvement

But mostly worried sick. Praying.

[herding cats]

41. My heart, love and thoughts go out to you. ❤️

May he heal fully and completely. I've seen it happen with other elderly people I personally love. I hope it does in this instance for you as well.

[lostnfound]

45. Thank you so much!!

He is recovering and I’m so happy to hear he is out of the ICU. I really truly appreciate your kind comment.

[herding cats]

39. Relief

Skinner, here said 4 years ago, (paraphrasing) that he believed our institutions and system were strong enough to survive Trump. Ultimately, he was mostly correct, but the toll has been much, much more than any of us could have imagined.

Trump mangled our norms, made racism a central theme for himself and literally tore children from their parents arms and thrust them in cages. He flouted his lies like badges of honor for 4 extremely long years. But this was all just the opening acts... the worst was yet to come.

He found COVID to be a personal hindrance. How dare it happenin his re-election year?! He held zero regard for the health and safety of the citizens of this nation, all he was concerned about was himself and what he might lose. Then, he did as he had for anything which might be an obstacle for him these past 4 years. He politicized the virus and the very health measures we should follow. He called it a Democratic hoax and claimed it would be gone from the mainstream media after the election. He saw this as the easiest route to rally his brainwashed followers to keep supporting him. Which they did. All the way to storming the capitol and committing insurrection at his behest.

Now, 400,000 deaths later in less than a year, here we are. In an extremely dark place finally seeing the flickers growing brighter to lead us out of this hellhole of apathy, mismanagement and narcissistic failure.

Yes, I feel relief to have decent, professional adults in charge again. I even feel a bit of hope for better days ahead. It's an almost forgotten, but extremely welcome feeling to have re-emerge from the seemingly bottomless past 4 years.

[malaise]

40. Relief - the system was severely tested but he lost and has been humiliated

ridiculed and disgraced.

[dalton99a]

42. Hard to believe that Republicans put the stupidest, shittiest, murderous piece of garbage

in the White House and called him president

[Meowmee]

43. Yep

[Meowmee]

44. A bit of all of these

I am very exhausted and dealing with huge stresses. I am exhausted after being tortured for 4.5 years by a lunatic and the press still saying the same nonsense even now. Mostly locked inside my house for much of a year, and so much more I won’t list here now. There are just too many idiots, fascists and loons here.

Ultimately I feel deeply disappointed in this country that this ever happened and I am going to feel even worse and wary of the future if all of these people are let off the hook with all this come together crap.