Members skipping out on fridays swearing in grew longer over the weekend when president elect donald trump traded jabs with john lewis of georgia calling the civil rights leader all talk and no action on twitter in response to lewiss claim his election was illegitimate. Its not very good. Hes a hero. And to try to minimize him in any type of way is unfortunate. Youve picked a fight with an icon. Somebody who is respected on both sides of the aisle. Reporter congressman bob brady says he changed his decision out of respect for lewis. And while he doesnt question our political process, he does have doubts about the trump administration. I work with george bush, two republican governors try to work together, decent people. I dont know whats happening. Im a little im majorly concerned about this. Reporter secretary District Representative dwight evans told Eyewitness News he wont attend either. In addition to supporting lewis, he cites health care and russian hacking issues as reasons for
Will skip fridays ceremony. That growing number includes local lawmakers im yukee washington. And im jessica dean. Tonight we are hearing from some of the politicians who are choosing not to attend the inauguration Nicole Brewer tells us why theyre sitting this one out. Reporter as inauguration prep continues, more democratic lawmakers allow plans to boycott. I totally support him. Disrespectful. Im thankful that people are really listening to the parts of the voters. I think trump is kind of a joke, but suck it up. Reporter the list of house members skipping out on fridays swearing in grew longer over the weekend when president elect donald trump traded jabs with john lewis of georgia calling the civil rights leader all talk and no action on twitter in response to lewiss claim his election was illegitimate. Its not very good. Hes a hero. And to try to minimize him in any type of way is unfortunate. Youve picked a fight with an icon. Somebody who is respected on both sides of the aisle
Capitol hill. Good morning. Reporter good morning, guys, as preparations continue here out on the National Mall as well as inside the Capitol Building for trump transition some existing members of congress, specifically some democrats are choosing to boycott the inauguration. Following the lead of congressman john lewis, who said trumps presidency is not legitimate. I want to show you the most recent two to join the list are from our area, and they took to twitter to announce that decision. This is a tweet from virginias eighth District Representative don beyer who in that tweet mentions dr. Martin luther king junior. And the second tweet is from marylands Fourth District congressman Anthony Brown who also says hes not going and mention his support for representative lewis who found him a target of trump tweets. Dozens more democrats joined the list. Meanwhile, trump and other republicans are dismissing the democrats who are participating sore losers. It will be interesting to see if t
Mccarthy, chuck super, senators cory booker, Lindsey Graham, among others. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. Youre going to cheer me on, but im going to be cheering you on, because what weve done is so special. All over the world theyre talking about it. The nation awaits the inauguration of the 45th president of the United States of america. The enthusiasm and intensity that donald trump is going to bring to this office is amazing. You dont have to like donald trump. Theres a peaceful transition. Its what makes the american democracy amazing. He works seven days a week, 365 days a year. Hes going to put washington back to work. He did say hes going to take the weekend off and start on monday. Is that acceptable, gayle . No, listen. At the Senate Confirmation hearing he spent a moment with al frankel. I hope you have as much fun on that diet as you had on your couch. May i rephrase that . Oh, lord. Guzman is now in the hands of u. S. Authoritie
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