By MICHAEL CRIMMINS
Glasgow News 1
Barren County Judge-Executive Jamie Bewley Byrd will be one of the 250,000 ticket holders that are expected to attend the presidential inauguration on Jan. 20.
Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States at noon on Monday, but his inauguration will take place inside the Capitol Rotunda due to the intense cold weather forecasted, which upends the meticulously planned outdoor event causing a “vast majority” of ticketed guest unable to attend in person — likely opting to watch from Capitol One Arena and other designated areas.
Based on election results obtained from the Kentucky Secretary of State’s website, Trump carried the commonwealth with 64 percent of the votes to Kamala Harris’ 34 percent. In Barren County, Trump’s margin was even greater atm 76 percent, or 15,019 votes.
Byrd said Mitch McConnell’s chief of staff asked if she would like some tickets for the ceremony.
“He asked if I wanted to go,” Byrd said. “I told him six [tickets] and I thought we were going to get two seat-tickets and for standing, but he said ‘you’ve got six seated-tickets…we’re going to be in McConnell’s section, so we might be close, I don’t know.”
By attending the inauguration, Byrd will not be able to attend the Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative march and service scheduled for the same day, which is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but she signed a proclamation “to honor Dr. King’s legacy.”
Byrd said she plans to return to Barren County in time for the county’s fiscal court meeting, which is scheduled for Jan. 21 at 9 a.m.
