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Despite being branded “disloyal,” former Vice President Mike Pence reportedly planning to attend the president-elect Donald Trumpsecond initiation.
Four years after Trump’s “major falling out” with his former deputy, Pence, 65, accepted an invitation to his former running mate’s inauguration on Monday, two people with knowledge of the planning said. New York Times.
The 48th vice president of the United States was invited by the congressional committee overseeing the event, as is the custom for all former presidents and vice presidents, according to the New York Times.
The two men had hastily parted ways January 62021, attack on the United States Capitol.
Trump had wanted Pence to throw out the Electoral College votes swing modes that president Joe Biden won when he chaired the joint session of Congress to certify election 2020.
Pence refused and Trump’s supporters went after him – chanting ‘hang Mike Pence’ and erecting temporary gallows outside the Capitol building amid the riot.
The select committee in the House on 6 January found that a proud boy informant had told the FBI that if members of the group had found Pence that day, they would have killed him.
Despite being branded ‘disloyal’, former Vice President Mike Pence (right) made a shocking ‘turn’ in his support for President-elect Donald Trump (left) ahead of his inauguration.
Four years after the soon-to-be president’s ‘big fight’ with his one-time deputy, Pence (pictured), 65, plans to attend his former running mate’s inauguration on Monday, according to two people familiar with the planning
Still, Pence refused to leave the Capitol and hid in a garage-like structure believed to be a secure location within the complex.
“The vice president didn’t want to take any chance that the world would see the vice president of the United States flee the United States Capitol,” counsel to the vice president Greg Jacob testified to committee members in 2022.
Since leaving office, Pence has been in the political wilderness.
He tried to run against Trump for the 2024 nomination, but only stayed in the race from June to October 2023.
Trump — the far-and-away front-runner — wouldn’t even participate in the GOP primary debates — so the two men never met on stage.
However, Pence was seen shaking hands with the president-elect during Jimmy Carter’s funeral on January 9 – their first public interaction since 2021.
However, Pence refused to endorse Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign, but he also did not want to supports the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Instead, his political action committee funded ads ahead of the 2024 election pushing Americans to vote Republican on issues.
Pence has since sent greetings to Trump as his election victory was officially confirmed.
“I welcome the return of order and civility to these historic proceedings and offer my sincerest congratulations and prayers to President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance on their election to lead this great nation,” he said.
Pence was seen shaking hands with the president-elect during Jimmy Carter’s funeral on January 9 – their first public interaction since 2021
Trump also said he had no use for those endorsed by first-term Vice President Mike Pence, who said he did not vote for Trump in November
Trump, againelected in November to serve a second term as the country’s leader, chose Ohio Senator JD Vance over Pence as his running mate in July 2024.
The president-elect officially returns to The White House on Monday, with The Senate process of confirms several of his nominees already underway.
Trump congratulated his new administration staff in a Truth Social post Wednesday night before ripping several of those who either worked for him during his first term or stopped supporting him.
He wrote: ‘As of today, the incoming Trump administration has hired over 1,000 people into the United States government. They are excellent in every way and you will see the fruits of their labor for years to come. We will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN and it will happen very quickly!’
Trump then warned all hiring managers that “it would be helpful if you would not send, or recommend to us, people who worked with or are endorsed by” a list of anti-Trump Republicans “to save time, money and attempts.’
He specifically named 11 different Republicans and first-time Trump staffers, many of whom he addressed by nicknames.
Trump was referring to the former UN ambassador and primary opponent Nikki Haley as ‘Birdbrain’ and designated ‘disloyal warmongers Dick Cheney and his psycho daughter, Liz’, referring to the former vice president and Wyoming Congresswoman who endorsed Harris.
Trump also said he had no use for those endorsed by Pence, who said he did not vote for Trump in November.
