Fox News reports:
Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Trump on Monday, which will mark the second absence in two weeks from a gathering of former presidents and their spouses. Obama was not in attendance at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral last week.
Former President Barack Obama is scheduled to attend the Jan. 20 inauguration event along with former presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush and their spouses.
All three former presidents and their wives attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, including Hillary Clinton, after she lost the 2016 presidential election to Trump. Carter also attended. President-elect Trump and former first lady Melania Trump did not attend President Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
Read the full article. In a post apparently only made on X, Fox is promoting the below attack on Michelle Obama by their sports host Clay Travis. Bolding above is mine.
“This is a woman who doesn’t have the decency to show the barest minimum of respect for Democrats or Republicans.”@ClayTravis reacts to former first lady Michelle Obama planning to skip Trump’s inauguration, just days after her absence from the funeral of late President Jimmy… pic.twitter.com/L10TMzTamk
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