Former First Girl, Michelle Obama, has opted out of Donald Trump’s Second Inauguration.
“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the sixtieth Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first woman Michelle Obama is not going to attend the upcoming inauguration,” mentioned a press release from the Workplace of Barack and Michelle Obama that was shared with The Related Press.
Truthfully, it’s no shock.
Michelle strongly campaigned towards Trump throughout his 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns. In her 2018 memoir, she described her shock upon studying that Trump would succeed her husband, and he or she denounced Trump’s “birther” marketing campaign, which questioned Barack Obama’s citizenship. Trump and his trolls have additionally been unrelenting of their harassment of Michelle making disparaging remarks about her look and intercourse.
Whereas the suitable has admonished Michelle’s determination, the left has embraced her determination and known as out Trump for skipping President Biden’s inauguration in 2021.
Nonetheless, Michelle gained’t be the one one absent on Jan. 20. The next politicians to this point have additionally opted out of Trump’s Inauguration:
- Rep. Judy Chu, California
- Rep. Delia Ramirez, Illinois
- Rep. Bonnie Coleman, New Jersey
- Rep. Adam Smith, Washington
- Rep. Deborah Ross, North Carolina
- Rep. Donald Beyer, Virginia
- Rep. Steve Cohen, Tennessee
- Rep. Kweisi Mfume, Maryland “After having spent 15 years again within the ’80s and ’70s attempting to get [MLK Day] to develop into a nationwide vacation, I, yearly, have interaction in service out of my respect to Dr. King. I work at Our Each day Bread in Baltimore, we feed individuals there, and I meet with vets yearly and I take part within the MLK Day parade. So I gained’t be going.”
- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Texas “I don’t assume that this can be a time for celebration. I believe that if we had a conventional Republican the place there have been disagreements, then, yeah, I’d most definitely be there, I’d really feel extra obligated to be there, particularly as a sitting member of Congress. However contemplating that is additionally Martin Luther King Day, it simply looks as if the worst solution to spend the day figuring out that I’d be celebrating somebody who actually goes to work very laborious to tear down the legacy during which actually he lived and died for.”
- Rep. Sean Casten, Illinois
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, Minnesota
- Re. Lateefah Simon, California
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, Texas “I used to be trapped within the gallery on January 6. That’s why.”
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts “I’ll be on the town with my constituents honoring Dr. King’s legacy. I don’t assume being there does that.”