President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, two days after his supporters mounted a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted.
Trump’s decision to skip the event follows a weeks-long effort to overturn the will of voters who elected Biden, as the president and his supporters promoted baseless conspiracies of election fraud, filed scores of futile lawsuits, and harangued state officials to halt or reverse certifications of Biden’s victory.
The effort culminated in Wednesday’s bloody scene, when a large protest Trump encouraged at the Capitol led to his supporters storming the building, disrupting Congress’s count of Electoral College votes. Lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence, who was presiding over what is normally a ceremonial event, were forced to flee.
The violence -- linked to five deaths, including that of a Capitol police officer -- has prompted calls from top lawmakers for the president to be immediately removed from office. Two Cabinet secretaries resigned, citing Trump’s involvement with the insurrection, as well as scores of lower-level administration officials.
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