Participated in helping this man get elected, and they helped destroy the candidacy of Hillary Clinton. I dont plan to attend the inauguration. It will be the first one that i miss since ive been in the congress. Finish. Trish really . Be did you catch that . The congressman, congressman lewis, said this is the first inauguration he is skipping since he has been in congress. But we did the research. And it turns out this is not the first inauguration congressman lewis didnt attend. He also refused to attend george w. Bushs inauguration back in 2001. In fact, an article from the Washington Post dated january 21, 2001, reads and im sharing this with you john i lewis, for instance, spent Inauguration Day in s atlantic district. He thought it would be hypocritical to attend bushs swearingin because he doesnt believe bush is the true elected president. How about that for you, not the true elected president . You see, theres a pattern of behavior. There is a pattern of rhetoric with this gen