Dozens of Democrats are planning to boycott Donald Trump’s inauguration as president next month.
According to Axios, 13 Democrats have already confirmed they won’t be attending the ceremony while many others are still making up their minds on the issue.
The report states:
Not every Democrat skipping the ceremony will do so to protest Trump — but a formal boycott is materializing as a first act of resistance against the incoming president.
For many Democrats, the scars of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol remain fresh in the mind, marking Trump as a threat to democracy.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day coinciding with the Jan. 20 inaugural ceremony gives many Democrats an easy out, though others planning to stay away cited a distaste for inaugurations, a loathing of Trump — and even fears for their safety.
Among those who will not be in attendance is Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez, who says that as a Latina, she does not “feel safe coming” to an event with so many Trump supporters.
Meanwhile, far-left Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said she would be attending Martin Luther King Jr. events instead to avoid the possible “chaos” of the inauguration ceremony.
Last month, the White House confirmed that Biden and his wife, Jill, would be attending the ceremony.
“The President promised that he would attend the inauguration of whomever won the election,” said Andrew Bates, senior deputy press secretary at the White House.
“He and the First Lady are going to honor that promise and attend the inauguration.”
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While there has been no official confirmation, it is expected that as the outgoing vice-president, Kamala Harris will also be in attendance.
After the events of January 6th and the voter fraud that tainted the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump did not attend Joe Biden’s inauguration.
To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 8, 2021
During Trump’s first inauguration back in 2017, both Joe Biden and Barack Obama were in attendance. His opponent, Hillary Clinton, was also present in her capacity as a former First Lady.
