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Trump’s vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence recently put up a post on Facebook inviting people to the inauguration
Updated : Jan 20, 2017, 08:25 AM IST
It’s finally here. After a controversial campaign, an upset election result and hundreds of tweets later, US President-elect Donald Trump is all set to assume office on January 20 — the day that also marks his formal inauguration as the 45th President of the United States.
Trump’s vice-presidential candidate Mike Pence recently put up a post on Facebook inviting people to the inauguration. “Would you like an invite to the Inaugural Welcome Concert and Inaugural Swearing-In Ceremony? President-elect Trump wants to personally invite you to both. You will receive a limited edition, commemorative ticket as a keepsake to frame and remember this historic event. ‘Click here’ to register for your tickets (sic),” the post read, with a video attached to it.
Social media can be cruel and people took to Facebook to write why they won’t be attending.
In anticipation of Donald Trump’s inauguration, UK daily The Guardian has changed its look on Twitter. Instead of its traditional blue background, the logo has been changed to orange with the ‘G’ in the foreground. Further, the cover photo is of a bird flying with the sunset in the background. In its bio, the media house says, “With climate sceptics moving into the White House, we are spending 24 hours focusing on the climate change happening right now.”
Will Gold: Can’t make it, but I will definitely tune in for the impeachment proceedings!
Kim Russo: Sorry I can’t attend. I volunteered to polish John Lewis’s Presidential Medal of Freedom while he’s out of town.
Cree Joyce: My dog needs her anal glands expressed that day. I figured I should learn to do it myself, since we are going to be reluctantly cleaning up s*** in a few years anyway.
Michelle Naylor-Fetty: Sorry, I won’t be able to make it. I need to be well rested for this little march a few women friends of mine have the next day. Should be a good time. Maybe you will see us on the news. If so, make sure you tweet a sexist remark. Thanks
Da’Neil Spencer: Mmm, I’d really like to, but I’d rather have all of my soft tissue gnawed off my body by rabid woodland creatures. Maybe next time when our country is smart enough to elect a REAL president
Kunya Jones: So sorry my black family can’t make it. We would never make it out of my highly impoverished, crime-filled neighbourhood to try and catch the bus to get there.