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Botany

(70,476 posts)
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 10:39 AM Jan 2017

Nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trumps inauguration

Source: Washington Post

Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.):

“I’m just not a big Trump fan,” Schrader told Oregon Public Broadcasting. “He hasn’t proved himself to me at all yet, so I respectfully decline to freeze my ass out there in the cold for this particular ceremony.”

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/01/16/more-than-30-democratic-lawmakers-now-skipping-trumps-inauguration/?utm_term=.de7888b491d5



Read the other posts as to why the different Congress-critters will not attend.

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Nearly 70 Democratic lawmakers now skipping Trumps inauguration (Original Post) Botany Jan 2017 OP
Yeah Gothmog Jan 2017 #1
Good for you Adam. Lochloosa Jan 2017 #2
Representative Castro is not going to the inauguration. hamsterjill Jan 2017 #3

Lochloosa

(16,061 posts)
2. Good for you Adam.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 12:00 PM
Jan 2017

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)

“As the House of Representatives is not in session the week of Inauguration, Congressman Smith will spend the District Work Period at home in Washington state meeting with his constituents,” a representative for the congressman said in a statement to Seattle NBC affiliate KING 5 News.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
3. Representative Castro is not going to the inauguration.
Fri Jan 20, 2017, 12:09 PM
Jan 2017

Joaquin Castro is my representative, and is the twin brother of Julian Castro.

Joaquin is not attending the inauguration, and I thanked him for his stance.

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