David M Jackson

USA TODAY

More than 50 Democratic lawmakers say they are boycotting Donald Trump's inauguration, but the president-elect doesn't seem too concerned.

"That's OK, because we need seats so badly," Trump told Fox & Friends in an interview broadcast Wednesday. "I hope they give me their tickets."

Democrats in the U.S. House began announcing their boycotts after Trump attacked Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., who said he wasn't attending because he regards Trump as an "illegitimate" president in the wake of Russian hacking of Democratic opponents in the 2016 election.

In his Fox & Friends interview, Trump again criticized Lewis for failing to point out that he had also boycotted George W. Bush's inauguration in 2001.

As for the others, Trump claimed indifference.

"What happens to their tickets?" Trump said. "I hope they're gonna give us their tickets."

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