This via Hot Air:
George W. Bush and both Clintons will attend Trump inauguration
No word on whether Jeb will attend
From a press release issued by the former President:
President and Mrs. George W. Bush will attend the 58th Presidential Inauguration Ceremony on January 20, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. They are pleased to be able to witness the peaceful transfer of power —a hallmark of American democracy —and swearing-in of President Trump and Vice President Pence.
The Bush family, including Governor Jeb Bush, former President George H.W. Bush and former President George W. Bush refused to endorse Trump during the campaign and did not attend the GOP convention over the summer. CBS reports that both George W. Bush and his wife Laura chose not to vote for Trump or Clinton but instead left the presidential portion of the ballot blank.
The Clintons also announced today they would be attending the Trump inauguration. A brief story at New York magazine relying on sources within Clinton world said the couple had consulted with “trusted advisers and friends” and finally decided to attend “out of a sense of duty and respect for the American democratic process.”
It wasn’t just advisers and friends who urged Clinton to go. Last month a top Democratic donor told Politico, “It would be especially bad if the Clintons did not attend, because it seems like they do not support the transition of power.” The donor added, “It would be petty, they have to suck it up. [Hillary] has to go as a former first lady. She will sit prominently.”
Supposedly their attendance is about homage to the peaceful transferral of power. In the Bush’s case (W), never mind that he and Laura were apparently indifferent to the result and how peaceful the US would be under the continued degradation of a Hillary Clinton presidency. Bush abandoned most of his supporters on the political field of battle and helped hazard the country in spite of the prospects of a Hillary presidency. The threat was real, the danger clear and present.
And then there are the Clintons. They have been working overtime to deligitimize Trump’s grand constitutional win. So does this mean they acknowledge the legitimacy of the election? Should Trump be flattered, be received of acknowledgement of his legitimacy? Screw them and their little cat, Boots. They are insufferable. They are crooks. Trump should take nothing of it and see to their arrest immediately upon his swearing-in. But that is just my opinion.
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