
Watch: Why I will be attending the inauguration on Monday.
From an email blast:
“I want to take a moment to share why, despite my personal feelings, I have decided to attend the 60th presidential inauguration as a councilmember representing Washington, DC.
In politics, we all know that sometimes your side wins, and sometimes your side loses. That’s the nature of democracy. The incoming president holds deeply different views and values from mine, and I believe his leadership could harm the people and institutions I love and respect. Frankly, I would rather be anywhere else on Inauguration Day, which coincides with the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
However, (more…)