These Six Republicans Will Not Attend Biden s Inauguration
On 1/20/21 at 10:36 AM EST
At least six Republicans won t be attending the swearing-in ceremony for President-elect Joe Biden Wednesday for various reasons.
One has concerns about security after the violent riot that broke out at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Another is recovering from foot surgery. One wants to work on expediting Biden s Cabinet confirmations, and one is quarantining after coming into contact with someone who tested positive for the coronavirus.
It s not shaping up to be the mass boycott seen four years ago, when more than 50 House Democrats didn t show up for the swearing-in of Donald Trump in protest of what they considered his divisive politics. For the Democrats, the coordinated decision not to attend Trump s inauguration came in a wave of statements and tweets.
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Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene was suspended from Twitter for 12 hours after sending out a now-deleted tweet telling Trump supporters to mobilize . ProPublica preserved the deleted tweet, which said: I encourage all Americans, not just the 75 million people who voted for President Trump, to mobilize and make your voices heard in opposition to these attacks on our liberties.
She was suspended after also tweeting misinformation about election fraud. A Twitter spokesperson told NPR that Ms Greene has been temporarily locked out for multiple violations of our civic integrity policy .
Ms Greene said in a statement: Just days after the Silicon Valley Cartel launched a multi-front attack to chill free speech in America by deplatforming President Donald Trump and purging an unknown number of conservatives, Twitter has decided to suspend my personal account without explanation.