SEATTLE, WA - U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Seattle, released a statement on Sunday regarding her decision not to attend the inauguration of president-elect Donald Trump on Friday. Instead, she will remain in her Seattle district to, "be with constituents who are immigrants and immigrant advocates to hear their stories and concerns, and discuss a plan of action moving forward."

Jayapal is one of more than 20 House Democrats who will not attend the inauguration. The Democrats are boycotting the inauguration after president-elect Donald Trump criticized U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Atlanta, who said he doesn't see Trump as a "legitimate president."

Trump subsequently tweeted that Lewis' district - which encompasses most of Atlanta and some surrounding suburbs - is "in horrible shape and falling apart," and that Lewis is all talk and "no action." Lewis was famously beaten severely during a civil rights protest in Selma, Ala., in 1965.