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Two Southern California congressmen have announced they will not attend president-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremonies next week, joining at least 14 other Democrats in Congress who have indicated they will also not be attending the event.
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Los Angeles) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside) both cited Donald Trump's Twitter rebuke of Alabama Congressman and civil rights activist John Lewis.
"All talk, no action."
I stand with @repjohnlewis and I will not be attending the inauguration.
A Democratic congressman representing the Westside and South Bay will boycott the inauguration of Donald Trump this coming Friday.
Rep. Ted Lieu will be one of at least 16 Democrats avoiding the ceremony. His decision was announced Saturday, after the president-elect scolded civil rights leader and Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, in an early-morning Twitter blast.
"Trump — who lost the popular vote — has made a series of racist, sexist and bigoted statements," Lieu said in an email Saturday.
Back in early December, Rep. Luis Gutiérrez of Illinois' 5th Congressional District was the first Democrat to announce he would not be attending the inauguration of Donald Trump January 20 because the pr*sident-elect is a fountain of "hatred, bigotry and prejudice." He told CNN on December 2:
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