WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former first girl Michelle Obama will skip President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the second time in two weeks that she is going to attend a gathering not of former U.S. leaders and their spouses, however of former presidents Barack Obama , There can be Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.
Laura Bush and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be part of their husbands for the Jan. 20 swearing-in ceremony on the Capitol, representatives mentioned.
“Former President Barack Obama can be confirmed in attendance on the sixtieth Inaugural Ceremony. Former first girl Michelle Obama won’t attend the upcoming inauguration,” learn an announcement from Barack and Michelle Obama’s workplace shared with The Associated Press.
No clarification was given as to why Michelle Obama would skip Trump’s inauguration. He additionally didn’t attend final week’s state funeral in Washington for former President Jimmy Carter. Former presidents Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton and their spouses attended, besides her.
Bill Clinton will attend the swearing-in ceremony, an individual acquainted with the previous president’s schedule confirmed to the AP. Hillary Clinton may also attend, a spokeswoman mentioned.
George W. Bush’s workplace mentioned he and former first girl Laura Bush can be in attendance.
Michelle Obama was the one spouse absent from final week’s service on the Washington National Cathedral, the place her husband and Trump sat subsequent to one another and chatted and laughed like previous associates regardless of the previous president’s historical past of political animosity Democrat and the returning Republican. .
All three former presidents and their wives attended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017, together with Hillary Clinton, after dropping the 2016 presidential election to Trump. Carter additionally attended.
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