Pence expected to attend Biden inauguration
By Brett Samuels and Morgan Chalfant - 01/07/21 06:37 PM EST
Vice President Pence is expected to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration later this month.
A person familiar with the vice president’s thinking told The Hill that Pence is expected to attend the inauguration in some capacity. Politico first reported earlier Thursday that Pence is expected to attend the ceremony.
Pence has not yet been formally invited to the ceremony, which will take place on Jan. 20, his office said.
“You can’t attend something you haven’t received an invitation to,†Pence spokesman Devin O’Malley tweeted Thursday amid reports that the vice president planned to attend Biden’s inauguration.
A spokesperson for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies said that the outgoing president and vice president are never “formally invited†to the ceremonies and that the committee has not been told by either the president or vice president whether they plan to attend.
Logistics for Pence’s likely attendance are expected to be worked out in the coming days between staff at the committee and White House. The Biden transition team did not respond to a request for comment about Pence’s potential attendance at the event, which will be scaled back this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
President Trump has not said whether he plans to attend the inauguration, but his allies do not expect him to be there. Trump has refused to concede the election to Biden and insisted that the election was stolen from him through widespread fraud, a claim that he has not supported with evidence and which has been disputed by election officials and others.
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