Even though the crowd supporting President-elect Donald Trump next week at the inauguration was sure to be a little different from the 1 million people who attended President Barack Obama's in 2013, it's still on track to be sizeable. More than 800,000 people were expected to attend the Jan. 20 celebrations in honor of the new commander-in-chief.
Members of Congress, prominent lawmakers and Supreme Court justices typically make the Inauguration Day guest list, but given the craziness that was 2016, it's not safe to assume anything. With just days to go, celebrities and politicians have been declaring in droves that they're intentionally missing the swearing-in ceremony to protest Trump's controversial stances.
The guest list may seem like it's constantly in flux, so to keep track of it, here's an up-to-date list of people who have either confirmed they're attending Trump's inauguration or announced they're avoiding it and why.
Below is the list of Invitee:
• Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
• former President Bill Clinton
• former President George W. Bush
• former First Lady Laura Bush
• former President Jimmy Carter
• Ohio Gov. John Kasich
• New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez
• former UKIP leader Nigel Farage
• Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak
• Anson Chan, the former chief secretary in Hong Kong
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
• Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
• Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.
• Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
• Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass.
• The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
• Rabbi Marvin Hier, the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
• Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York
• the Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse
• televangelist Paula White
• Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, leader of Great Faith Ministries International in Detroit
Skipping
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who will be on a cross-Canada tour
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• former President George H.W. Bush, due to his age
• former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
• Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, who told NBC Chicago he's "focused on Illinois" and trying to "minimize the distractions"
• Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., who said in a statement he wanted "to be able to look my two beautiful Latina daughters and my beautiful half-Puerto Rican, half-Mexican, 100 percent American grandson in the eye with a clear conscience"
• Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., who told the Boston Globe "there is nothing about this presidency and his rejection about his core American values that I want to normalize"
• Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
• Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
• Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., who wrote on Facebook he "will do everything I can to limit the damage and duration of this chapter" but won't "sit passively and politely applaud as it begins"
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., who wrote on Facebook said he'd spend the day in part preparing for "the coming assault on the values and programs we hold dear"
• Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., who tweeted she planned to participate in the Women's March on Washington the next day
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