MAPLEWOOD'S CONGRESSMAN TO BOYCOTT INAUGURATION

From Congressman Donald Payne Jr., who represents Maplewood, on Tuesday:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congressman Donald 

M. Payne, Jr. (NJ-10) issued the following 

statement today announcing his decision to 

boycott President-elect Donald Trump's
inauguration:

"I have the deepest respect for the office of the presidency, 

something that cannot be said for President-elect Trump. 

His actions and statements have consistently been
below the dignity of the office, and there's no indication that 

will change. Donald Trump will be our president, and I will 

work with him if my values permit, and if doing so is in the 

best interest of my constituents and the nation. But I will not
celebrate his swearing-in to an office that he has proven unfit 

to hold."