{"id":2379802,"date":"2024-12-13T12:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-state-democrats-pledge-to-attend-trumps-inauguration\/"},"modified":"2024-12-13T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:53:40","slug":"swing-state-democrats-pledge-to-attend-trumps-inauguration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-state-democrats-pledge-to-attend-trumps-inauguration\/","title":{"rendered":"Swing-state Democrats pledge to attend Trump\u2019s inauguration"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fswing-state-democrats-pledge-to-attend-trumps-inauguration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2379802&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u200ddiscusses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-inaugural-two-thousand-national-guard-troops-in-d-c-sworn-in-as-special-deputy-u-s-marshals\/\" title=\"Biden Inaugural: Two Thousand National Guard Troops in D.C. Sworn in as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals\">upcoming presidential inauguration<\/a> of Donald Trump,scheduled for January 20,2025,which \u2064signifies the transition of power from the Biden \u200cadministration to Trump&#8217;s second term. it highlights the division among Democrats regarding attendance at the event. While some swing-state Democrats have expressed their intention to be present, others are firmly opposed\u200b to attending. The piece reflects on the\u2063 contrasting sentiments within the Democratic Party as \u200bthe <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">inauguration date approaches<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Swing-state Democrats pledge to attend Trump&rsquo;s inauguration while others draw a red line<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1911453\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> will be sworn into office in 38 days on the west front of the Capitol, but Democrats are torn on whether they will attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"inauguration\">inauguration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Jan. 20, 2025, ceremony, which will mark the peaceful transfer of power from the Biden administration to the second Trump administration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3241750\/joe-jill-biden-will-attend-trump-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">will be attended<\/a> by President Joe Biden. However, some other Democrats are less certain if they will attend.<\/p>\n<p>Two swing-state Democrats, Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA), have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/12\/12\/democrats-trump-inauguration\/76915244007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>USA Today<\/em> that they plan to attend the ceremony, with both discussing it as a responsibility. Kelly and Ossoff represent states that Trump won last month, and Ossoff will be one of the most vulnerable incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Some Democrats said they would celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which falls on Inauguration Day in 2025, differently. Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Judy Chu (D-CA) told the outlet that was how they would spend Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>As Inauguration Day nears, the list of who is going and who is not going is becoming clear, as several Democrats told the outlet they had not made up their mind on what they would be doing on Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p>Trump skipped Biden&rsquo;s inauguration in 2021, opting to leave the White House and Washington, D.C., in the morning before the ceremony. Besides Trump, it has been customary for the outgoing president to attend the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-names-kristi-noem-as-dhs-secretary-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump names Kristi Noem as DHS secretary nominee - Washington Examiner\">incoming president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s inauguration, as Biden will do for Trump&rsquo;s ceremony next month.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s first inauguration in 2017 was attended by former President Barack Obama, but several House Democrats boycotted the ceremony. Then-Rep. John Lewis was one of the Democrats who led the boycott.<\/p>\n<p>The House Democrats who <a href=\"https:\/\/lieu.house.gov\/media-center\/in-the-news\/heres-complete-list-democrats-boycotting-trumps-inauguration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"boycotted\">boycotted<\/a> the 2017 ceremony included Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Katherine Clark (D-MA), Jerry Nadler (D-NY), and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), among dozens of others. Chu, who said she would not go to Trump&rsquo;s 2025 inauguration, was part of the boycott of his 2017 ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s invitations to the inauguration have gone beyond domestic politics, with the president-elect sending an invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3259701\/xi-jinping-declines-trump-invite-inauguration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> has declined the invite.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The presidential inauguration is typically attended by living former presidents. Former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Obama have not indicated if they will attend the ceremony, but all three attended both the 2017 and 2021 inaugurations.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Jimmy Carter, 100, who has been in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1714595\/former-president-jimmy-carter-to-spend-his-remaining-time-in-hospice-care\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hospice care\">hospice care<\/a> since February 2023, will not be attending the ceremony, the Carter Center told the<em> <\/em>outlet, due to his health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1911453\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1911453\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swing-state Democrats plan to attend Trump&#8217;s inauguration, while others hesitate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2379803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trump-inauguration-democrats-attending.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3685,32115,44805],"class_list":["post-2379802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-democrats","tag-swing-states","tag-trump-inauguration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/trump-inauguration-democrats-attending.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2379802"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2379806,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2379802\/revisions\/2379806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2379803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2379802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2379802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2379802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}