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Democratic congresswoman won't normalize Trump by attending inauguration
Katherine Clark to skip Trump’s inauguration in protest
WASHINGTON — In a break from tradition and from the rest of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Representative Katherine Clark plans to boycott the upcoming inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump as a form of ceremonial protest.
Clark, whose district includes many of the northern and western suburbs of Boston, said she believes attending the inauguration would “normalize” Trump’s promotion of “bigoted, misogynist, anti-Semitic, and racist claims.”
By not attending the Jan. 20 swearing-in, Clark would be flouting years of precedent. In interviews with other members of the Massachusetts delegation, a wall to wall collection of liberal Democrats, some of Clark’s colleagues said they felt it was important to attend the ceremony out of respect for the American democratic tradition.
Clark disagreed.
...https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/05/representative-katherine-clark-massachusetts-skip-inauguration-protest-donald-trump/s46w5D8bydIXvOGgFIzcXO/story.html?event=event25
WASHINGTON — In a break from tradition and from the rest of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, Representative Katherine Clark plans to boycott the upcoming inauguration of Republican President-elect Donald Trump as a form of ceremonial protest.
Clark, whose district includes many of the northern and western suburbs of Boston, said she believes attending the inauguration would “normalize” Trump’s promotion of “bigoted, misogynist, anti-Semitic, and racist claims.”
By not attending the Jan. 20 swearing-in, Clark would be flouting years of precedent. In interviews with other members of the Massachusetts delegation, a wall to wall collection of liberal Democrats, some of Clark’s colleagues said they felt it was important to attend the ceremony out of respect for the American democratic tradition.
Clark disagreed.
...https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2017/01/05/representative-katherine-clark-massachusetts-skip-inauguration-protest-donald-trump/s46w5D8bydIXvOGgFIzcXO/story.html?event=event25
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