Ryan should have stayed away. However, given his liberal tendencies lately, maybe he wanted to be there.
Guess I don’t have much sympathy for Ryan. He, like most of the rest of his fellow “republican” congressmen, has been a major disappointment.
Good grief! Talk about eating our own!! Paul Ryan doesn't have 'liberal tendencies' he may simply have ideas that are not as conservative as yours. That doesn't make him a bad person, it doesn't even make him a bad legislator; it simply means he has some other opinions than you might have.
I believe it was right for Paul Ryan to attend the inauguration. He made it perfectly clear that he doesn't agree politically with Obama, and will work against him, but that this is how our country works.