Wednesday, January 18, 2017
By Marc Kovac
COLUMBUS
Thirteen Republican state lawmakers, including Tim Ginter of Salem, R-5th, will attend Friday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump as part of Ohio’s official legislative delegation.
Republican Gov. John Kasich also plans to attend.
The list includes six members from the Ohio Senate and seven from the Ohio House. Among those attending are Senate President Larry Obhof, R-Medina; Sens. Frank Hoagland, R-Adena, and Frank LaRose, R-Copley; and state Reps. Christina Hagan, R-Alliance, and Sarah LaTourette, R-Chesterland.
No Democratic lawmakers are part of this year’s Joint Committee to Attend the Inauguration of the President, but that’s not unusual.
Four years ago, only Democratic members were part of the formal delegation the state Legislature sent to President Barack Obama’s second inauguration, according to legislative journals from the time.
Lawmakers adopted a resolution earlier this month declaring their intentions to send a state delegation of up to 16 members to Washington.
Several lawmakers voted against that resolution, including Rep. Kathleen Clyde, D-Kent, who said in a released statement earlier this month that her “no” vote “was a protest vote against a man who admits to committing sexual assault, defrauding working people and continuing his many conflicts of interest that put America in danger.”