WASHINGTON: Outgoing US Vice President Mike Pence has referred to as his soon-to-be successor Kamala Harris to congratulate her and supply his full co-operation in the transition of power, in accordance with a number of media reviews mentioned.
However, there was no communication between outgoing President Donald Trump and president-elect Joe Biden, which is unprecedented in current reminiscence.
“Vice President Mike Pence telephoned Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Thursday to congratulate her and supply his belated help — filling a management position all however abdicated by President Trump, who’s planning to fly out of the capital shortly earlier than Joseph R Biden Jr is sworn in subsequent week,” The New York Times reported.
Friday’s name was the primary time Pence, 61, and Harris, 56, had an one-to-one dialog since their vice presidential debate in October final 12 months. It was additionally the primary direct contact between the 2 leaders because the November 3 presidential election.
The conventional in-person assembly between the outgoing president and the president-elect has not occurred. Same is the case with the outgoing vice chairman and his successor.
In a uncommon departure from the custom, Trump has introduced that he won’t attend Biden’s inauguration on January 6. Trump would depart the White House for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida simply earlier than the inauguration.
Though Trump has nonetheless refused to truly concede his 2020 election loss to Biden, he promised {that a} “peaceable transition” of power would happen.
He was impeached on Wednesday for inciting the Capitol Hill riot that stemmed from his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. The lethal riot on the Capitol on January 6 by Trump’s supporters, who unsuccessfully tried to cease Congress from certifying Biden’s win, resulted in the deaths of 5 folks, together with a police officer.
Pence can be attending the inauguration, confirmed in-coming White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.
“But past his plans to attend, which the president-elect actually welcomes, I’m not conscious of extra occasions he is attending,” Psaki advised reporters throughout a convention name.
“No extra conversations or no conversations past the one with Vice President-elect Harris that I’m conscious of,” she mentioned in response to a different query.
According to The New York Times, Pence and his spouse Karen might have Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff over to the vice-presidential residence earlier than the inauguration on Wednesday.
“But these plans stay unsure, in half as a result of the safety threats posed to the nation’s capital have made scheduling fluid,” the every day mentioned.
