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(85,996 posts) Sat Jan 14, 2017, 12:02 PM Jan 2017

All Democrats should join John Lewis in boycotting Trump's inauguration [View all]

The Hill ?@thehill 4m4 minutes ago
UPDATED: 10 Dems are now boycotting Trump's inauguration:
http://hill.cm/nxwIBQJ

Here's a running list of who's skipping the event.

Rep. Luis Gutiérrez (Ill.)

Rep. Katherine Clark (Mass.)

Rep. Jared Huffman (Calif.)

Rep. Barbara Lee (Calif.)

Rep. Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.)

Rep. John Lewis (Ga.)

Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (Calif.)

Rep. Lacy Clay (Mo.)

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (Ore.)

Rep. Kurt Schrader (Ore.)

...list updated

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All Democrats should join John Lewis in boycotting Trump's inauguration [View all] bigtree Jan 2017 OP

CALL your Democratic Representative. Put pressure on them to do the right thing! Chasstev365 Jan 2017 #1

Done and done! WestCoastDem42 Jan 2017 #9

Thanks for the update. Lindsay Jan 2017 #2

I think this list will grow, especially after today. femmocrat Jan 2017 #3

i bet the whole damn cbc will boycott. mopinko Jan 2017 #4

saw one member complaining yesterday bigtree Jan 2017 #5

+1 uponit7771 Jan 2017 #12

Clintons should not attend. zentrum Jan 2017 #6

She almost has to. cab67 Jan 2017 #7

Everything she does or says "looks bad" to certain people & certain propagandists - if she attends Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2017 #10

So true. narnian60 Jan 2017 #15

To show some backbone, she should embrace the sore loserism, and defiantly announce she will not go. tclambert Jan 2017 #13

Luis Gutirrez - wow! heard him speak on alan colmes show last night - not sure I can or want to Kashkakat v.2.0 Jan 2017 #8

I may watch highlights on comedy shows, but I will not watch it live. SNL's re-enactment should do. tclambert Jan 2017 #11

Unfortnately, MY Rep. is Pete Sessions, R-TX DFW Jan 2017 #14

I don't want them posting their intention to not be there. snort Jan 2017 #16

Add my daughter to the list OldRedneck Jan 2017 #17

Add me, too fountainofyouth Jan 2017 #18

Why is this even not mandatory? BSdetect Jan 2017 #19

No democrat should attend this even Gothmog Jan 2017 #20