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by ALEXX ALTMAN-DEVILBISS | The National News Desk
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WASHINGTON (TNND) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, an official confirmed.
“Former President Barack Obama is confirmed to attend the 60th Inaugural Ceremonies. Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend the upcoming inauguration," a statement from the Office of Barack and Michelle Obama read.
It is the second time in two weeks that she is not attending an event with former presidents and their spouses.
President Jimmy Carter's state funeral on Jan. 9 at the Washington National Cathedral was attended by former Presidents Trump, Bush and Clinton along with their spouses.
Sources familiar told The Associated Press that Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will attend the inauguration on Jan. 20. Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton will also attend.
The former first lady campaigned against Trump during his 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns. In her 2018 memoir, she described her shock upon learning that Trump would succeed her husband, and she denounced Trump's “birther” campaign, which questioned Barack Obama's citizenship.
Michelle Obama campaigned last fall for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, delivering an emotional speech in Michigan in which she challenged men to vote for the vice president and argued that women's lives would be at risk if Trump returned to the White House.
In August, she attended the second night of the Democratic National Convention as a keynote speaker and criticized Trump for what she described as a playbook filled with lies, misogyny and racist attacks that has not changed since he entered the national political stage in 2016.
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Editor's note: The Associated Press contributed to this article.