On Inauguration Day, Transfer Of Power Includes Handover Of Twitter Accounts

Kamala Harris celebrates with Joe Biden after being sworn in as vice president.

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After President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn into office Wednesday, they inherited two other important titles: @POTUS and @VP.

That’s because the transfer of power included the transition of official administration Twitter accounts.

Members of the Biden-Harris administration are assuming ownership of a number of institutional accounts, including @WhiteHouse, @FLOTUS for first lady Jill Biden and @PressSec for the incoming White House press secretary Jen Psaki. Twitter also created a new account for the vice president’s husband, Doug Emhoff: @SecondGentleman.