Democrats not attending Trump's inauguration

15 Jan, 2017

WASHINGTON: A growing number of Democratic lawmakers have announced they will not attend Republican Donald Trump's presidential inauguration on Friday, several of them in the wake of Trump's attack on civil rights icon John Lewis on Saturday.

The following is a list of those who have publicly said they will not attend the January 20 ceremony, and the states which they represent:

House of Representatives

Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)

Katherine Clark (Massachusetts)

Yvette Clarke (New York)

William Lacy Clay (Missouri)

John Conyers (Michigan)

Mark DeSaulnier (California)

Raul Grijalva (Arizona)

Luis Gutierrez (Illinois)

Jared Huffman (Califonia)

Barbara Lee (California)

John Lewis (Georgia)

Ted Lieu (California)

Kurt Schrader (Oregon)

Jose Serrano (New York)

Mark Takano (California)

Nydia Velazquez (New York)

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Press), 2017

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