Washington – Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, according to her spokesperson.
Pelosi previously led House Democrats during the Trump administration and attended his inauguration in 2017. She became one of Trump's main opponents, overseeing both impeachments against him as speaker.
A spokesman gave no reason for his planned absence from the president-elect's second inauguration. ABC News First a report was given on his plans.
pelosi Fell and hurt her hip During a foreign visit to Luxembourg in December, and required hip replacement surgery Before returning to the US, he was seen using a walker at the Capitol when the new Congress convened earlier this month.
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Pelosi, who resigned from the leadership after the 2022 midterm elections, has been vocal about her opposition to Trump as he prepares to return to office. Pelosi, a frequent target of Republican ire, was the target of some rioters on January 6, 2021, when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol to delay the counting of electoral votes.
The California Democrat earlier this month accused Trump of continuing to incite violence following the attack on the Capitol, including against her husband.
“He called on these people to continue their violence, my husband is a victim of all this,” Pelosi said.Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan“Noting that her husband is still suffering from a head injury after a man broke into their San Francisco home and attacked him with a hammer in October 2022.
former first lady Michelle Obama Trump also plans not to attend the inauguration, although her husband, former President Barack Obama, is expected to attend the inauguration.
Two weeks after the attack on the Capitol, Trump did not attend President Biden's inauguration in 2021.