Four Jewish Democrats in Congress are among 59 of the party’s US House of Representatives delegation who will not attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration.
The four are Rep. Jerrold Nadler of New York.; Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland; Rep. John Yarmuth of Kentucky; and Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee.
The movement to boycott the inauguration was launched over the weekend when Rep. John Lewis, Democrat of Georgia, a civil rights hero who helped organize the protests in the 1960s that brought about civil rights and voting rights reforms, said he would not attend because he saw Trump as an “illegitimate” president.
Lewis cited, in part, reports of Russian attempts to swing the election toward Trump.
Trump, on Twitter, replied by describing Lewis as “all talk, talk, talk – no action or results,” prompting an outcry, including from Jewish groups that have over the decades worked closely with Lewis to advance civil liberties.
— JTA
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