Mike Pence Calls Kamala Harris To Congratulate Her On Her Win As Vice President

Vice President Mike Pence reportedly referred to as Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris on Thursday to congratulate her on her win.

Pence Calls Kamala Harris

This name is the first recognized contact between the elected members of Donald Trump administration and the incoming Joe Biden administration, based on The Related Press.

Somebody accustomed to the dialog described it as a “good name,” with Pence congratulating his successor and providing help within the transition in any means he can.

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NEW: VP Mike Pence referred to as VP-elect @KamalaHarris to congratulate her on Thursday per a Biden Transition Official. Sources say their staffs had already been in contact. W/ @PaulaReidCBS

— Tim Perry (@tperry518) January 15, 2021

Capitol Rioters Wished To Assassinate Pence 

This comes after it was revealed by the Division of Justice that among the rioters who stormed the Capitol final week meant to seize and assassinate Pence and different elected officers for refusing to call Trump the victor.

“Each American wants to grasp what the Division of Justice has simply made public: Investigators have sturdy proof to recommend that among the rioters who stormed america Capitol deliberate to kidnap and presumably assassinate the Vice President,” Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse mentioned in an announcement, based on The Daily Caller.

“These males weren’t drunks who received rowdy — they have been terrorists attacking this nation’s constitutionally-mandated switch of energy,” he added. 

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Biden To Be Inaugurated On Wednesday

This additionally comes lower than every week earlier than Biden is about to be inaugurated. Although Trump has mentioned that he won’t be attending, Pence is anticipated to be going.

“It’s a superb factor, him not exhibiting up,” Biden said, happening to criticize Trump for the Capitol riots.

“He exceeded even my worst notions about him,” he mentioned. “He’s been a humiliation to the nation.”

Biden appears to really feel in a different way about Pence, nevertheless.

“He’s welcome,” Biden mentioned of Pence. “I feel it’s essential that as a lot as we will stick with what have been the historic precedents of how an administration modifications ought to be maintained. And so Mike, the vice chairman, is welcome to return. We’d be honored to have him there, and to maneuver ahead within the transition.”

This piece was written by James Samson on January 16, 2021. It initially appeared in LifeZette and is utilized by permission.

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