Sunday, January 15, 2017

More Democratic Legislators Plan To Boycott President-Elect Trump's Swearing In On Friday

NBC’s Chuck Todd interviewed Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) about President-elect Donald Trump. PHOTO: NBC

WSJ: More Democratic Legislators Plan on Sitting Out Trump’s Swearing-In

President-elect’s Twitter rebuke of civil rights leader John Lewis increases boycott number

WASHINGTON—The number of Democratic lawmakers planning to skip Donald Trump’s inauguration ceremony Friday is growing, with more joining in the boycott after the president-elect took to Twitter over the weekend to rebuke civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.) for saying Mr. Trump wasn’t a “legitimate president.”

At least 20 lawmakers, all Democratic members of the House, have said they wouldn’t attend. Some are citing the president-elect’s past lewd comments about women and remarks about illegal immigrants; others, such as Mr. Lewis, cite accusations of Russian-backed hacking of political committees during the 2016 election.

“I don’t see this president-elect as a legitimate president,” Mr. Lewis told NBC in comments released Friday. “I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton.”

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WNU Editor: These are the legislators who will be boycotting President-Elect Trump's swearing in on Friday .... These Democrats aren't attending Trump's inauguration (CNN). What's my take .... their bitterness on the election result is showing.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Luke, I can feel your butthurt ha ha. The dems are shour sore losers. No more welfare checks for free.

Unknown said...

So there will be no stench at the inaugural.

kidd said...

I wonder if there's going to be anarchy

Anonymous said...

I guess some democrats just can't accept democracy. How ironic.