Pence finds it ‘extremely admirable’ that Vice President Harris is presiding over the certification of the election after the defeat
Former Vice President Mike Pence she said it was “particularly admirable” that Vice President Kamala Harris oversaw the certification of the 2024 presidential election, which she lost to President-elect Donald Trump.
“A peaceful transfer of power is a hallmark of our democracy, and today members of both parties in the House and Senate, along with the vice president, confirmed the election of our new president and vice president without controversy or objection,” Pence said Monday in a post on X.
He congratulated Trump and the newly elected vice president JD Vance on their victory and hailed the “return of order and civility” to the certification process.
KAMALA HARRIS SERVED TRUMP’S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL VICTORY DURING A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS.
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 of Representatives, the Senate and the Vice President for doing their duty under the Constitution of the United States, and it is especially wonderful that Vice President Harris presided over the certification of the presidential election that she lost,” Pence noted.
After Trump and Pence lost the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, then-Vice President Pence presided over the certification during a 2021 joint session of Congress that was temporarily suspended due to disturbances at the Capitol on January 6.
Pence, who advanced and later dropped out of the 2023 GOP presidential primary, did not endorse Trump in 2024.
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Former US Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on October 28, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The last time an incumbent vice president who lost a presidential bid led the confirmation of his own defeat in a presidential election was in 2001, after outgoing Democratic Vice President Al Gore lost to Republican George W. Bush in the 2000 race for the White House.
Pence congratulated the Speaker of the House of Representatives Mike Johnson last week after the congressman won back the speakership.
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Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., holds the gavel after being re-elected Speaker of the House of Representatives during the first session of the 119th Congress in the Chamber of Representatives of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on Friday, January 3, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“Deserved! Our prayers are with you as you once again pick up the gavel to lead the People’s House!” Pence announced in a tweet.
