Many Democrats Expected To Boycott Inauguration

December 14, 2024 Democrats, Trump Corruption

More than a dozen congressional Democrats plan to sit out President-elect Trump’s inauguration, and many more are anxiously grappling with whether to attend, Axios has learned. A formal boycott is materializing as a first act of resistance against the incoming president.

For many Democrats, the scars of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol remain fresh in the mind, marking Trump as a threat to democracy. “For somebody who he said he’s going to lock me up, I don’t see the excitement in going to see his inauguration,” former Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) told Axios.

Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) said that as a Latina, she doesn’t “feel safe coming” with Trump’s supporters pouring in for the ceremony. “I’m not going to physically be in D.C. on that day,” she told Axios.

Read the full article. By the Axios tally, as many as 50 House Democrats and around ten Senate Democrats may boycott the inauguration.

NEW: @erinpdoherty and I asked every Democrat serving in the 119th Congress if they’re going to the inauguration.

We heard from nearly 100 of them.

Here’s what they told @Axios: https://t.co/JyQ1XFXwlH pic.twitter.com/ZJ3HkJbL9G

— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) December 14, 2024