Lawmakers plan to skip the festivities surrounding the incoming Republican president for various reasons, as Democrats lick their wounds after election season.

Dallas, plans to participate in activities honoring Martin Luther King Jr. at home Monday rather than attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. “The idea of celebrating someone that I consider to continuously desecrate the work and the legacy of Martin Luther King on Martin Luther King Day — it was just kind of like a double whammy and an

Neither of Wisconsin’s Democratic members of the U.S. House will be in the crowd for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration. Both Madison Congressman Mark Pocan and Milwaukee Congresswoman Gwen Moore this week said they plan to skip Monday’s ceremonies.