Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not be attending President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, her spokesperson said.
On the other hand, public relations personnel I didn't disclose The longtime California lawmaker made the case for Pelosi's absence from the event to ABC News on January 5th. episode CBS Let's face the nation President Trump “called on these people to continue their violence” on January 6, 2021, and said her husband, Paul Pelosi, ultimately “became a victim of all that rhetoric.”
However, ABC reported that she was present at the certification of the presidential election results on January 6, the day after she made those remarks on CBS.
During a trip to Luxembourg in December, she fell and sustained injuries that required medical treatment. hip replacement surgeryBreitbart News reported.
On the day the election results were certified, she was seen using a walker in the House chamber.
According to ABC, Pelosi has attended 11 inaugurations in her career, including in high school when the late President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office in 1961.
Another notable absentee from the upcoming inauguration will be a former first lady. michelle obamawas also absent from the state funeral of late President Jimmy Carter last week.
Her husband, former President Barack Obama, also plans to attend, a spokeswoman said. said of washington post.
