Renton Rep Adam Smith Not Attending Donald Trump Inauguration

RENTON, WA - U.S. Rep. Adam Smith, D-Renton, will not be in attendance at the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump, opting to stay at home with family and constituents that day.

Smith confirmed his inauguration day plans in an interview with The Stranger published Monday. He denied that his absence is a protest against Trump, saying that he would just prefer to be in his home state on that particular day. There are no votes scheduled in Congress that day.

U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, has said that she won't attend Trump's inauguration in protest. She will spend Friday working with immigrant constituents. U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor, will attend.

More than 20 Democrats are protesting the inauguration. That's because of a recent feud between Trump and Georgia Congressman John Lewis. Lewis said that Trump is not a legitimate president, and Trump fired back - on Twitter - that Lewis was all talk, and that his Atlanta district is a mess. Lewis was viciously beaten while marching in a civil rights protest in Selma, Ala., in 1965.

Image via U.S. Rep. Adam Smith