Mike Pence, the former Vice President, plans to attend the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the planning, quoted by the New York Times.
Pence was invited by the commission overseeing the event, as is usual for all previous presidents and sin presidents.
Alternatively of Pence, Trump chose Ohio senator JD Vance as his running mate in July 2024.
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Given that the Capitol Rotunda has a capacity of only 600 people, it is unclear how Trump’s request to move his next swearing-in service will impact the seating plans for former president and vice president.
Pence, vice president at the time, was forced to flee from a crowd of pro-Trump followers who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, during the qualification of President Joe Biden‘s Electoral College victory. Some of them chanted,” Drop Mike Pence”.
Pence claimed he had researched the situation and had no authority to do so, but Trump reportedly exerted pressure on Pence to change the outcome. As a result, their marriage was severely damaged, and Pence recently ran against Trump in the 2024 Republican elections.
The two gentlemen just exchanged a handshake at the Washington National Cathedral during the funeral of former president Jimmy Carter. Pounds then demanded on Friday during his Taipei attend that Trump reiterate his commitment to protect Taiwan from possible Chinese military action. Pence emphasized that any incisive Chinese occupation of Taiwan would have considerable effects on global trade, technological progress, and the expansion of nuclear weapons.