Former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama won’t take part in President-elect Donald Trump‘s inaugural luncheon on Monday.
A Bush spokesperson confirmed the former president would attend the inauguration earlier on Monday but dismissed the significance of attending the luncheon.
Clinton, former first lady Hillary Clinton, and Obama will also not attend the luncheon after being invited to the event, according to a report from NBC News.
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The Clintons and Obama previously announced they would attend the inauguration, but former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the swearing-in ceremony. Her office did not give an explanation for her absence.
Several other high-profile Democrats, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), had announced they would also skip the inauguration festivities.
The Washington Examiner reached out to Obama and Clinton offices but did not receive a statement.
Typically, the living former presidents and their spouses are expected to attend the pomp and circus of the inauguration and luncheon.
But in 2021 Trump skipped the inauguration of President Joe Biden and did not extend a preinauguration invite to the White House after refusing to concede he lost the 2020 election.
In contrast, Biden invited Trump to the White House in November after the president-elect defeated Vice President Kamala Harris.
In 2016 Obama invited Trump to the White House after he defeated Hillary Clinton for a first presidential term. The Clintons later attended Trump’s 2017 inauguration and luncheon, where Trump asked the audience to give the former first lady a standing ovation.
Trump abruptly announced on Friday that the Monday inauguration would be moved inside at the Capitol Rotunda due to a forecast of frigid temperatures.
“There is an Arctic blast sweeping the Country. I don’t want to see people hurt, or injured in any way,” Trump wrote in a post to Truth Social in which he cited former President Ronald Reagan‘s 1985 inauguration also held at the Capitol Rotunda.
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The move left many lawmakers and thousands of supporters flying into Washington for the inauguration in limbo, as tickets for the historic event are no longer valid.
“I am so sorry for the last-minute change and any frustration this may cause,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) wrote in an X post.