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Tommy Tuberville erroneously thinks Joe Biden's inauguration could be pushed back due to COVID-19

Does Tommy Tuberville need to retake his high school United States government class?

The freshman Alabama senator and former college football coach wondered to CBS 42 in Birmingham this week if President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration should be pushed back because of COVID-19.

“We probably could have had a swearing-in and inauguration later after we got this virus behind us a little bit. Again, we’re talking about Washington, D.C.,” Tuberville said.

“This virus” that Tuberville refers to is, of course, COVID-19. But worldwide pandemic or not, the United States Constitution says that presidents are inaugurated on Jan.