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My congressman, Michael Capuano of Massachusetts, is staying away from the inauguration and holding office open hours in Cambridge instead. I don't have a link, I just got an email from him.
Croney
(4,661 posts)I'm very glad to hear this.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)This appears to be the latest list http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-boycott_us_5877ce0ee4b0c42cb1758e0c?fcqe1f93rn3vdkj4i
Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.)
Rep. Karen Bass (D-Calif.)
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.)
Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.)
Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.)
Rep. Tony Cárdenas (D-Calif.)
Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas)
Rep. Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.)
Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.)
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)*
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier (D-Calif.)
Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Pa.)
Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio)
Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.)
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas)
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.)
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.)
Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.)*
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jerry McNerney (D-Calif.)
Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.)
Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-N.J.)
Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.)
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.)*
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.)
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)*
Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.)
Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.)
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.)
Rep. Juan Vargas (D-Calif.)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.)*
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.)
Rep. Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.)
Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.)
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)I'm happy that this part of the clusterfuck is starting out like this, at least.
Gothmog
(145,291 posts)This list is growing which is making me smile
Kittycow
(2,396 posts)although I obsessively read DU and Kos all day long When I first became aware of it, I think there was only two people on the list and now I'm so happily shocked (if you could call it that )
ETA: I'm shocked they're sticking their neck out.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)lapislzi
(5,762 posts)Respectfully requested that the Congressman not attend, especially in light of the VP-elect's views on LGBTQ issues.
mopinko
(70,113 posts)she had an event in my ward on surviving this administration.
people totally overwhelmed the venue. never seen anything like it.