Here are all the lawmakers boycotting Trump's inauguration
Source: Business Insider
Here are all the lawmakers boycotting Trump's inauguration
Chris Sanchez
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It looks like A-list celebrity performers may not be the only ones skipping President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration.
While several political figures, including George W. Bush and Hillary Clinton will be in attendance when Trump is sworn in as the 45th president of the United States on January 20, a number of lawmakers who oppose Trump are refusing to show up.
Some have signaled their boycott of the inaguration as a preview of how they will oppose Trump's incoming administration.
Here are the lawmakers who are not going to Trump's inauguration:
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-skipping-boycotting-trumps-inauguration-2017-1?r=UK&IR=T/#rep-john-lewis-of-georgia-1
No Vested Interest
(5,170 posts)napi21
(45,806 posts)a number of Pubs who've been speaking out about him and how they disagree with his plans.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)burrowowl
(17,664 posts)New California rep. who was one of the first!
Solly Mack
(90,814 posts)Protocol and decorum are not reason enough to celebrate an autocrat.
Nothing good comes from pretending you're respecting the office of the President by standing by while an incompetent authoritarian heavily influenced by a foreign government takes over as President.
But that's just me.
louis c
(8,652 posts)I have been an early and strong supporter of Katherine from the first day she announced into the Democratic Primary in my district.
I couldn't be prouder of her. I have been involved in politics for a half century. I have never been associated with an elected official who I agree with 100% of the time and on every issue. Until Ms. Clark.
sinkingfeeling
(51,514 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,878 posts)he can go to Hell.
SteamAddict
(53 posts)And tell them how you feel about them attending.
Eugene
(62,004 posts)Bill Hansun
(26 posts)The pot is over boiling again. We shall see how this affects festivities.
mainer
(12,039 posts)January 14, 2017 Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Washington Today, Congressman Ted W. Lieu (D | Los Angeles County) issued the following statement on his decision to not attend Donald Trumps Inauguration on January 20, 2017.
I respect Members of Congress who choose to attend the Inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump or choose not to, just as I respect Members of Congress who attended or did not attend the two Inaugurations of President Barack Obama. I view this as a personal decision because no votes are being taken and no policies will be enacted at this ceremony. While I do not dispute that Trump won the Electoral College, I cannot normalize his behavior or the disparaging and un-American statements he has made.
Trump--who lost the popular vote--has made a series of racist, sexist and bigoted statements. In addition, he has attacked Gold Star parents, veterans such as John McCain and now civil rights icon John Lewis.
Trump has made statements denigrating the patriotic and professional men and women of our intelligence services, many of whom risk their lives in service to our nation. He also continues to believe Vladimir Putin over our intelligence services and is actively misleading the American people when he denies Putin ordered a brazen, multifaceted cyberattack on America to benefit Trump.
On January 20, Trump will be in violation of Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution because of the massive conflicts of interests he has with his global business holdings. That provision of the Constitution was designed to prevent foreign influence over American elected officials. Trump can cure this Constitutional defect by divesting his holdings or putting them into a blind trust, but so far has been unwilling to do so.
Can a man such as Trump have a good idea? The answer is yes. And if the next Administration has a good policy, such as withdrawing from the flawed Trans-Pacific Partnership, I will support it. But if Trump has unconstitutional or bad ideas, such as creating a registry based on religion or gutting Social Security and Medicare, I will oppose them.
I can only hope that Trump will govern differently than he has campaigned. For me, the personal decision not to attend Inauguration is quite simple: Do I stand with Donald Trump, or do I stand with John Lewis? I am standing with John Lewis."
https://lieu.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congressman-lieu-statement-his-decision-not-attend-inauguration
SylviaD
(721 posts)that man is going to be president?
This can't be reality.
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