Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi won’t be attending President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson confirmed.
She’s joining other Democrats who are expected to skip Trump’s swearing in, though lawmakers haven’t mounted an organized boycott of the inauguration like they did in 2017. Instead, a sizable number of House Democrats are expected to attend after their districts slid towards Trump in the November elections.
Pelosi had gone to Trump’s inauguration in 2017, when she was the House Minority Leader. Since then, she’s departed the top House Democratic position and stepped off her committees. She’s attended 11 inaugurations so far; her first was President John F. Kennedy’s.
Pelosi underwent hip replacement surgery after a fall on a congressional trip to Europe last month. ABC News first reported Pelosi’s plans.
