WASHINGTON \u2014\u00a0Moving the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump indoors due to expected freezing temperatures means most ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremony in person. \u201cThose with tickets for the Presidential Platform and members of Congress will be able to attend in person,\u201d the Joint Inaugural Committee said. But the \u201cvast majority of ticketed guests will not be able to attend the ceremonies in person.\u201d \u201cWe strongly suggest people who are in Washington for the event attend other indoor events at indoor venues of their choice to watch the inauguration,\u201d the committee said. On Inauguration Day, temperatures in the U.S. capital are expected to hit a low of 11 degrees Fahrenheit (-11 degrees Celsius) and a high of just 23 degrees Fahrenheit (-5 degrees Celsius), and it is expected to feel even colder with the wind chill. The frigid temperatures mean Trump’s inauguration is expected to be the coldest in 40 years, according to meteorologists. \u201cI don\u2019t want to see people hurt, or injured, in any way,\u201d Trump said on Truth Social. President Ronald Reagan\u2019s second inauguration in 1985 was the last time a swearing-in ceremony was moved indoors. Many of the more than 220,000 ticketed guests who had been set to watch from the U.S. Capitol grounds will be unable to watch in person as Trump takes the oath of office. The U.S. Capitol Police said in a statement that the ticketed outside areas on the West Front of the Capitol will be closed Monday. In an email to House of Representatives offices, the House Sergeant at Arms asked congressional offices to tell their constituents who had been given tickets that they were now \u201ccommemorative\u201d since most of them will not be able to watch in person as Trump becomes president. What\u2019s more, 250,000 people without tickets were expected to stand on the National Mall for the outdoor ceremony, according to a permit issued to Trump\u2019s inaugural committee by the National Park Service. Trump said supporters can watch the ceremony on screens inside the Capital One Arena, a professional sports and concert venue in downtown Washington. It holds 20,000 people. Capital One Arena also will be the site of a Sunday afternoon Trump victory rally. The American band the Village People will perform, among others. Moving Trump\u2019s inauguration inside means it won\u2019t be possible to compare crowd size to previous inauguration ceremonies. After his first inauguration in 2017, Trump expressed frustration with media reports indicating that the crowd on the National Mall was smaller than the one that witnessed the swearing-in of former President Barack Obama in 2009, according to reports. With Trump\u2019s inauguration just days away, various civil rights, racial justice and reproductive health groups organized a demonstration called the People\u2019s March in downtown Washington on Saturday. Tens of thousands of people took part in a protest against Trump\u2019s policies. Rather than narrowly focusing on the president-elect, the demonstration is focusing on a broader set of goals around women\u2019s and reproductive rights, LGBTQ rights, immigration, climate and democracy, organizers said. The crowd moved peacefully past the White House toward the Lincoln Memorial and the National Mall under tight security and a light rain. Some of the protesters wore pink hats reminiscent of a larger protest in 2017 after Trump\u2019s first inauguration. The People\u2019s March is a rebrand of the Women\u2019s March, when more than 1 million people filled the streets of Washington the day after Trump was sworn in for the first time in 2017, according to various media reports. Another protest is scheduled for Inauguration Day, but it\u2019s unclear if that will be affected by the freezing temperatures. Some information in this report came from Reuters and The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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