Civil Rights and Social Justice

Unless you've been living under a rock, you're probably aware that Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States this Friday, January 20.

After Donald Trump's attacks against civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis, more legislators are rushing to boycott the president-elect's upcoming inauguration, citing his feud with the Georgia Democrat as the last straw in their decision.

Donald Trump's feud with civil rights icon John Lewis is highlighting the president-elect's willingness to attack any and all political rivals even with his inauguration less than a week away.

Donald Trump tore into civil rights legend John Lewis on Saturday for questioning the legitimacy of the Republican billionaire's White House victory, intensifying a feud with the black congressman days before the national holiday honoring

Days before the U.S. holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr., Donald Trump has attacked U.S. Representative John Lewis after the civil rights legend said he didn't consider Trump a "legitimate president" because of what he believed were Russia's attempts to help Trump win the presidency.

The attack, coming just days before Martin Luther King Jr. Day, seem to have energized a number of Lewis' fellow Democratic lawmakers, as they joined his boycott of the inauguration after Trump's tweet storm.

Below are the Democratic lawmakers who do not plan on attending.

Arizona

Rep. Raul Grijalva

There's a lot Rep. Jared Huffman would rather do than go to Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday. So he's going to stay home.

"I think the Russians participated in helping this man get elected. And they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton," he said. "I don't plan to attend the inauguration… You cannot be at home with something that you feel is wrong."

Lewis also said he felt there was a "conspiracy" headed by Russia to bring Trump to power.