Former Vice President Mike Pence said it was “particularly commendable” for overseeing the certification of the 2024 presidential election that Vice President Kamala Harris lost to President-elect Donald Trump.
“The peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of our democracy, and today, members of Congress and the Vice President from both parties approved, without controversy or objection, the selection of our new President and Vice President,” Pence said Monday. declared. Post to X.
He congratulated President Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance on their victory, praising it for “bringing order and decency back” to the certification process.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence and Vice President Kamala Harris. (Left: Paul Morigi/Getty Images, Right: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“I also commend the members of the House, the Senate, and the Vice President for fulfilling their duties under the U.S. Constitution. Vice President Harris deserves particular praise for presiding over the certification of the presidential election that she lost,” Pence said. spoke. he pointed out.
After Trump and Pence lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, during the 2021 joint session of Congress that was briefly interrupted by the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, then- Vice President Pence presided over the certification.
Mr. Pence subsequently withdrew his candidacy for the 2023 Republican presidential primary, but did not endorse Mr. Trump in 2024.
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Republican Jewish Federation's Annual Leadership Summit held at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on October 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The last time a sitting vice president presided over the certification of his own presidential defeat was in 2001, when outgoing Democratic Vice President Al Gore defeated Republican George W. Bush in the 2000 White House race. It was after losing to.
Last week, Pence congratulated Speaker of the House Mike Johnson after he was re-elected as speaker.
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Rep. Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) holds the gavel after being re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first session of the 119th Congress on Friday, January 3, 2025, in the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. . (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“Of course! Our prayers are with you as you pick up the gavel again and lead the House of the People!” Pence declared in a tweet.
