Many were quick to notice Michelle Obama’s absence on Inauguration Day, but the former first lady had a message to share on social media as questions over why didn’t attend swirl. While former presidents Barack Obama,
As Barack, 63, Bill, 78, and Hillary, 77, entered the U.S. Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., on Monday for the 78-year-old’s historic swearing-in ceremony, people at the Capitol One Arena could be heard loudly booing.
Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Trump on Monday, the second time in two weeks that she will be absent from a significant event.
The planned absence Monday follows another notable absence last week at the state funeral of former president Jimmy Carter.
Bill Clinton will attend the swearing-in ceremony ... Bush said he and former first lady Laura Bush are attending. Michelle Obama was the only spouse absent from the service last week at ...
Along with former First Lady Michelle Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend Donald Trump's second inauguration on Monday. Published reports indicate that Chinese President Xi Jinping will send an envoy in his place, and that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban plans on skipping Trump's second inauguration.
Obama did not want to be there. But she went because it was expected of her, even though it meant being in the presence of the man who tried to delegitimize her husband’s historic nomination and presidency.
Michelle Obama skipped the ceremony but former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton attended Trump's inauguration.
As Obama, Clinton, and Hillary, entered the US Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C., for Trump’s historic swearing-in ceremony on Monday, loud boos echoed from the crowd at the Capitol One Arena
Former President Barack Obama was spotted at the inauguration of Donald Trump. See pictures of the former president here.
A spokesperson for Pelosi, who attended Trump’s 2017 inauguration, did not provide an explanation for the move.