Former Vice President Mike Pence is planning to attend President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration on Monday, in response to two folks with data of the planning.
Mr. Pence was invited by the congressional committee overseeing the occasion, as is the customized for all former presidents and vice presidents, in response to one of many folks with data of the planning.
Mr. Trump chosen Senator JD Vance of Ohio, fairly than Mr. Pence, as his working mate in July 2024.
It’s unclear what influence, if any, the request by Mr. Trump to maneuver his second swearing-in ceremony into the Capitol Rotunda can have on the seating preparations for former presidents and vice presidents. Not like the outside dais and the seating setup, the Capitol Rotunda solely seats about 600 folks.
A spokeswoman for Mr. Pence declined to debate his plans. A spokeswoman working with the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, which oversees the planning for the occasions, wouldn’t talk about Mr. Pence.
The previous vice chairman was compelled to flee a mob of pro-Trump supporters who descended on the Capitol throughout a joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021, as he was presiding over the certification of President Biden’s Electoral Faculty win. A few of them chanted, “Hang Mike Pence.”
Mr. Trump had pressed Mr. Pence to affect the result; Mr. Pence repeatedly stated he’d researched it and didn’t have the facility to take action. Their relationship was irreparably damaged, and Mr. Pence ran in opposition to Mr. Trump for a quick time within the 2024 Republican primaries.
The 2 males noticed one another lately on the funeral companies for former President Jimmy Carter on the Washington Nationwide Cathedral, and exchanged a handshake.
