Mike Pence Will Reportedly Attend Trump’s Inauguration: What We Know
January 18, 2025
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Former Vice President Mike Pence is planning to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, The New York Times reported, citing two people with knowledge of the planning.
Why It Matters
The Times’ reporting comes after Trump and Pence made headlines at former President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral last week, when they shook hands for the first time since January 6, 2021.
Former US Vice President Mike Pence seen shaking hands with President-elect Donald Trump at former US President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025. Meanwhile, the… Former US Vice President Mike Pence seen shaking hands with President-elect Donald Trump at former US President Jimmy Carter’s state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025. Meanwhile, the New York Times is reporting that Pence plans to attend Trump’s Inauguration. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
What To Know
Pence has seen more ups and downs than perhaps anyone else in Trump’s political orbit, going from his handpicked vice president in 2016 to a MAGA pariah five years later, when he refused to help Trump overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Tensions between the two men reached a boiling point when a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in January 2021 while calling for Pence’s execution.
Pence recounted the day in his memoir, So Help Me God.
“They had come to protest the result of the election and to prevent Congress from fulfilling its responsibility to open and count the Electoral College votes,” he wrote. “And, as I later learned, many had come looking for me.”
The former Indiana governor will join a long list of politicians, tech, and business titans who also reportedly plan on attending Trump’s inauguration.
Other big names will include:
Former President Barack Obama.
Former President George Bush.
Country star Carrie Underwood, who will perform “America The Beautiful.”
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
OpenAI chief Sam Altman.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
A delegation representing Chinese President Xi Jinping.
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.
Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk, who will help oversee the Department of Government Efficiency when Trump takes office.
This story is developing and will be updated as more information becomes available.
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