source: International Business Times
Planners are expecting 800,000 to attend. That'll be 1 million too short to break Pres. Obama first inauguration.
Attending
• Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton
• former President Bill Clinton
• former President George W. Bush
• former First Lady Laura Bush
• former President Jimmy Carter
• Ohio Gov. John Kasich
• New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez
• former UKIP leader Nigel Farage
• Russian ambassador to the U.S. Sergey Kislyak
• Anson Chan, the former chief secretary in Hong Kong
• Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.
• Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.
• Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass.
• Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass.
• Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, D-Mass.
• the Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference
• Rabbi Marvin Hier, the head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center
• Cardinal Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York
• the Rev. Franklin Graham, president of Samaritan’s Purse
• televangelist Paula White
• Bishop Wayne T. Jackson, leader of Great Faith Ministries International in Detroit
Skipping
• Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who will be on a cross-Canada tour
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
• former President George H.W. Bush, due to his age
• former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush
• Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner, who told NBC Chicago he's "focused on Illinois" and trying to "minimize the distractions"
• Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., who said in a statement he wanted "to be able to look my two beautiful Latina daughters and my beautiful half-Puerto Rican, half-Mexican, 100 percent American grandson in the eye with a clear conscience"
• Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., who told the Boston Globe "there is nothing about this presidency and his rejection about his core American values that I want to normalize"
• Washington Gov. Jay Inslee
• Oregon Gov. Kate Brown
• Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., who wrote on Facebook he "will do everything I can to limit the damage and duration of this chapter" but won't "sit passively and politely applaud as it begins"
• Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., who wrote on Facebook said he'd spend the day in part preparing for "the coming assault on the values and programs we hold dear"
• Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y., who tweeted she planned to participate in the Women's March on Washington the next day
