Barack and MichelleObama were among the many politicians who fiercely supported Harris in her race against Trump, and Michelle gave an impassioned speech championing Harris at the Democratic National Convention. Why isn't MichelleObamaattending Trump's inauguration?Former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, along with their wives Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush, were in attendance at theinauguration on Monday. MichelleObama's birthday was last Friday. A source elaborated on MichelleObama's reasoning for notattending Donald Trump's inauguration. MichelleObama speaks at a podium with the U.S. presidential seal, set against a backdrop of the American flag. Former first lady MichelleObama is notattending Donald Trump's inauguration, but former President Barack Obama is there for the swearing-in ceremony along with the nation's other former presidents. Her office confirmed on Tuesday, Jan. “MichelleObama isn’t going to theinauguration.” “I heard.” “People are mad.”I am thankful to MichelleObama for showing women how to not only say ‘no’ but then pop up and show them. Ms. Obama did notattendtheinauguration and didn’t explain why. On Tuesday, the Obamas released a formal statement that confirmed she would be a no show next week. “Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attendthe 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady MichelleObama will notattendthe upcoming inauguration,” it read. Former first lady MichelleObama will notattendthe upcoming inauguration," said a statement from the Office of Barack and MichelleObama that was shared with The Associated Press. No specific explanation was given for whyMichelleObama was skipping Trump's inauguration. MichelleObamaattended Trump’s first inauguration in 2017 (Getty). “She would be expected to swallow her feelings in the spotlight if she attended his second inauguration.” Why isn’t MichelleObama at theInauguration? She’s not sick or divorcing Barack — she just hates Trump. We don’t know where Michelle was today or during the Carter funeral, but latest news suggests she skipped because she’s over hiding her feelings. MichelleObama addresses criticism for notattending Trump’s inauguration. The former first lady opened up about facing "ridicule" for not accompanying former President Barack Obama to theinauguration and how she had to "trick" herself out of it. A statement from the Obamas’ office would not say why the former first lady would not be attendingtheinauguration. It simply said the former president is “confirmed to attendthe 60th Inaugural Ceremonies” while saying MichelleObama “will notattendthe upcoming inauguration.” No explanation was given for whyMichelleObama was skipping Trump’s inauguration. She also did notattend former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral in Washington last week. Former Presidents Trump, Obama, Bush and Clinton and their spouses attended -- except for her. MichelleObama won't attend Trump's inauguration.MichelleObama will notattend Donald Trump's inauguration after skipping Jimmy Carter's funeral. By Ryan J. King. The former President Barack Obama cut a lonely figure as he arrived at Donald Trump's inauguration today.It was confirmed last week that Michelle would not be attendingthe president-elect’s swearing-in but her office did not give any further explanation in its brief statement.
