Why This Congressman Is Skipping The Inauguration And Marching With Women

Illinois Congressman Luis V.Gutirrez made an impassioned speechin Washington D.C. on Tuesday about why hes skipping Donald Trumps inauguration ' and marching hand-in-hand with his wife at the Womens March instead.We all heard the tape when Donald Trump was heard bragging ' bragging! ' about grabbing women by their private parts without their consent, he said. It is something I can never un-hear.Gutirrez has previously vowed to boycott the inauguration. In December, he said he was doing so over Trumps hatred, bigotry, and prejudice. In his speech on the House floor on Tuesday, he elaborated his reasoning for the inauguration boycott, citing Trumps disturbing comments about sexual assault. They were not just offensive, he said, but also criminal.The congressmen also acknowledged how, as the father of two Latina women and the grandfather of a Latino boy, he could not attend Trumps inauguration and look them in the eye with a clear conscience.When the new President denigrates Latinos or Mexicans or immigrants as drug dealers and criminals, I want to be able to say I did not condone or allow that type of speech to go mainstream, he said. That was not normalized on my watch.Gutirrez adamantly supported all minorities in his speech, and promised his constituents that he would be a fighter, for them during the Trump administration, while also addressing the great need for gender equality:If you care about a living wage, come join the women. If you care about the environment, come join the march.We know as a society, when women win, we all win, so I plan to be there.See you on the 21st, Congressman.-- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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