It’s unclear whether Pence will do the same for Harris. “I plan on being available to Mike as senior staff for him as he moves.” “I told Mike, the vice president-elect, that I’m available to him 24/7,” Biden said after the get-together. Naval Observatory shortly before the 2009 inauguration.Īnd in November 2016, Biden, Pence and their spouses met for lunch at the Naval Observatory after an earlier meeting at the White House. In 2008, then-Vice President Dick Cheney called Biden to congratulate him the night of his win and invited Biden and his wife, Jill, to tour the vice presidential residence on the grounds of the U.S.
Pence’s call to his successor is a continuation of the traditional show of comity between outgoing and incoming leaders that Trump has flouted. And last Friday, he called the family of slain Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, who died from injuries in the attack. National Guard while the Capitol was under siege and he was in hiding. Pence was also the one who coordinated with lawmakers and the D.C. 20 inauguration, which Trump is refusing to do - making him just the fourth president in the nation’s history to skip the symbolic passing of the torch. And he has announced that he will attend Biden’s Jan. The vice president resisted enormous pressure from Trump to try to interfere in Congress’ certification of the Electoral College vote count last week - even though he has no such power. Pence, who didn’t speak with Trump for days after the siege, has become an unexpected - albeit late - defender of Biden’s win. 3 election holed up at the White House, trying to undermine the legitimacy of Biden’s win with baseless claims of mass voter fraud that culminated in last week’s violent storming of the Capitol building. President Donald Trump has not reached out to President-elect Joe Biden or invited him to the White House, and has instead spent the weeks since he lost the Nov.
It’s the first known contact between the elected members of the outgoing and incoming administrations. WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence has called his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to offer his congratulations, according to two people familiar with the conversation.
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