Story highlights "Inauguration should be a celebration. But we have nothing to celebrate on Jan 20," Lee tweeted

More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers are boycotting Trump's inauguration

Washington (CNN) Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee explained Monday why she's planning on skipping Donald Trump's inauguration, saying she doesn't support the President-elect's attorney general nominee, Jeff Sessions, or incoming White House senior adviser, Steve Bannon, because of their controversial pasts.

"I respect the peaceful transfer of power," she told CNN's Erin Burnett on "OutFront." "(But) how do we come together when we have a Cabinet that has been proposed that is antithetical to the human dignity of all Americans?"

On January 12, Lee tweeted: "Inauguration should be a celebration. But we have nothing to celebrate on Jan 20. Instead of attending, I will be organizing."

Inauguration should be a celebration. But we have nothing to celebrate on Jan 20. Instead of attending, I will be organizing. pic.twitter.com/P4whhl91ll — Rep. Barbara Lee (@RepBarbaraLee) January 12, 2017

More than two dozen Democratic lawmakers are boycotting Trump's inauguration, particularly after revelations of Russia's alleged meddling in the 2016 election and his rebuke of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis on Saturday.

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