US Vice President Mike Pence held a phone dialog together with his successor Kamala Harris on Thursday, a supply confirmed to AFP Friday, as Donald Trump’s deputy strikes forward with the presidential transition.
No extra verified particulars have been instantly obtainable in regards to the name, which was confirmed 5 days earlier than Harris and President-elect Joe Biden are sworn in to workplace.
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But The New York Times stated Pence supplied his congratulations and belated help to Harris, and described it as “gracious and pleasant.”
It was the primary time the pair had spoken since they debated each other throughout the marketing campaign in keeping with the Times.
Trump nonetheless has not reached out to Biden and has solely obliquely referred to his rival’s victory by promising a clean transition.
That got here a day after a violent riot by his supporters on the US Capitol which left 5 individuals lifeless and ensured the transition will likely be something however. It additionally resulted in Trump turning into the primary president ever to be impeached twice.
The president has stated he is not going to attend Biden’s inauguration. Pence has stated he’ll.
And an official confirmed to AFP on Friday that Trump will fly out of Washington early on Wednesday, earlier than the inauguration begins.
He will go to his Mar-a-Lago membership in Florida, the place he plans to remain.
Relations between Trump and Pence have deteriorated considerably for the reason that Capitol riot on January 6.
Trump’s supporters had stormed the constructing as Pence was presiding over the formal certification of Biden’s victory.
Trump had referred to as on Pence to dam the certification, which Pence refused to do as he didn’t have the constitutional authority.
Some of the mob milling round Congress on January 6 might be heard chanting “Hang Mike Pence.”
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Last Update: Friday, 15 January 2021 KSA 22:18 – GMT 19:18
