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flyingfysh

(1,990 posts)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:11 PM Jan 2017

Another congressman boycotting the inauguration

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.

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Gothmog

(145,288 posts)
2. Your congressman is already on the latest list
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:16 PM
Jan 2017

This appears to be the latest list http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-inauguration-boycott_us_5877ce0ee4b0c42cb1758e0c?fcqe1f93rn3vdkj4i

Here’s the list of House Democrats planning to skip the inauguration in protest or, in a handful of cases, for vague reasons. So far, no senators have said they plan to boycott it.

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)
4. Thx for the list! So happy to see my Oregon peeps on it!
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:25 PM
Jan 2017

I'm happy that this part of the clusterfuck is starting out like this, at least.

Gothmog

(145,288 posts)
6. You need to back and refresh the link from time to time
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:30 PM
Jan 2017

This list is growing which is making me smile

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
7. I hadn't kept up with this particular issue TBH
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 06:04 PM
Jan 2017

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.

lapislzi

(5,762 posts)
5. Just called Rep. Maloney's office (NY 18)
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 05:29 PM
Jan 2017

Respectfully requested that the Congressman not attend, especially in light of the VP-elect's views on LGBTQ issues.

mopinko

(70,112 posts)
8. jan schakowsky has joined the boycott.
Wed Jan 18, 2017, 07:29 PM
Jan 2017

she had an event in my ward on surviving this administration.
people totally overwhelmed the venue. never seen anything like it.

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