In a normal election, a presidential inauguration would be a celebration of our democracy whether your side won or lost, and an example of the country's bedrock faith in the peaceful transition of power. It should be amply clear by now that the election of 2016 was no normal election.

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As a result, former labor secretary Robert Reich thinks a Democratic boycott of Trump's swearing in is entirely appropriate. And that includes former presidents. On Wednesday, Reich wrote a Facebook post arguing that anyone who attends the Jan. 20 event — unless they are protesting — is giving tacit support to a man who broke all democratic norms during the campaign and continues to show zero remorse for doing so, in short, a "dangerous demagogue."

The post was apparently prompted by a call the Berkeley professor received from a politician he respects about attending. Maybe it was one of the Clintons, given the somewhat shocking revelation on Tuesday that the Clintons were invited, as were other former presidents and their wives, and would attend.

Here is Reich's post in its entirety:

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