ELECTIONS

Rep. Mark Pocan to skip Trump inauguration

Crocker Stephenson

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan speaks at the 2016 Democratic Party of Wisconsin State Convention at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Green Bay on June 3, 2016.

Rep. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) announced Sunday that he would join a growing tide of lawmakers who say they will skip Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday.

Among his reasons: Trump's criticism of civil rights hero and Georgia congressman John Lewis, who Trump roasted on Twitter after Lewis announced he would not attend the ceremony.

"I am no longer attending the event," Pocan said in a statement. Pocan represents Wisconsin's 2nd Congressional District.

"It's time for Donald Trump to start acting like President Trump, not an immature, undignified reality star with questionable friends and a Twitter addiction."

After Lewis said he that believes Trump's election is illegitimate and that he would not attend the inauguration, Trump tweeted that Lewis should take better care of his "horrible" and "crime-infested" district.