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57 members of congress decided not to attend donald trump's inauguration. the defacto leader of the democrat boycott of the inauguration john lewis told chuck todd why he's not going. >> i don't see the president elect as a legitimate president. i think the russians participated in having this man get elect ed and they have destroyed the candidacy of hillary clinton. >>epresentative moore of sconsin watched many of her friends this the house of representatives make the decision to boycott and many others make the decision to attend the inauguration. she is joining us now to explain her decisio...

Relationship with putin and also women who are -- want to defy his anti-woman sentiment. i'm representing the opposition, and i want to be there to be a witness to his inauguration. >> i want to read james clyburn's statement about attending he will also attend. he said we all have roles to play. i'm the assistant democratic leader. so there's someone representative moore who believes because of his leadership position he has a different decision or a more limited range of decisions on this. can you tell us about conversations you have had with other members who have decided to boycott, others...

I'm representing the opposition, and i want to be there to be a witness to his inauguration. >> i want to read james clyburn's statement about attending he will also attend. he said we all have roles to play. i'm the assistant democratic leader. so there's someone representative moore who believes because of his leadership position he has a different decision or a more limited range of decisions on this. can you tell us about conversations you have had with other members who have decided to boycott, others who have made the decision to go, to attend? >> well, we all had one thing in common on ...

On the scene. i'm going to ask you real quickly. maybe we don't have time. let's listen to bill clinton addressing the crowd. >> so folks, just in case you think this was set up by somebody else, these are the notes i wrote about what i wanted to say to you. the great thing about not being president is you can say whatever you want. nobody has to care, but you can say it. it's great to be here. great to be back in milwaukee and wisconsin. i want to thank my long time friend senator cole for being here and representing tom. representative moore, thank you for your service in the congress. you k...

It is, you know, not going to help anything by deto label peos demons or moving to super cruelty, and the larger message of the war on women is misguided, because oftentimes, it ends up taking legitimate differences of opinion, and who should pay for what into a realm of where you are saying that if you ever deny any woman anywhere cheap contraception or contraception, you are against women and against reproductive freedom. t the broader we make this conversation, the more kind of unreal it becomes. >> and i hear you on that, like for example, and congresswoman moore, i, too, am a survivor of ...