Ex-Vice President Dan Quayle laments Trump skipping Biden inauguration

Former Vice President Dan Quayle said he regrets President Trump‘s decision not to attend President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, making him the fourth president in history to snub a successor on his inauguration day.

“I think it’s unfortunate. I wish that he had, or was going to attend the inauguration,” Quayle said, recalling his own 1989 swearing-in, alongside then-President George H. W. Bush. “Tradition is not necessarily his strong suit … But my good friend, Mike Pence, will be there, my fellow Hoosier. He’ll be there, and I will be there … That’ll add a little bit of support for the inauguration that’ll take place tomorrow.”