On Monday, January 20, 2025, a slew of Democrats attended the Inauguration of President Donald Trump, including former Senator Hilary Clinton and former President Barack Obama. In contrast, several prominent Democrats were not present at the ceremony, including former First Lady Michelle Obama and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. During a recent appearance on Kaitlan Collins The Source, Omar said attending the event sends the “wrong message” to the American public.
“I think there were some exceptions of some of the folks that could have been there for that sort of purpose, but to have the mass number of people that showed up that really didn’t have a reason to be there, to me, it sent the wrong message,” Omar said.
Omar’s conversation with Collins adds to previous comments she made on Sunday, January 19 via X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. In a series of posts, she chastised those more critical of prominent entertainers performing at events during the week of the Inauguration than elected officials who attend the ceremony.
“People are more upset at performers/artists attending Trump’s inaugural events but not upset at all the politicians who told them he was a ‘threat to democracy’ going to these events are not serious,” Omar stated. “Performers at least know they are there to perform and get paid, but these politicians who ran their mouth for [four years] and are now willing to be there and clap for him, that’s who they should be mad at. They lied to you and your criticism/anger should be rightfully directed at them.”
