According to CBS News, Kamala Harris has declined to invite Vice President-elect J.D. Vance and his family for a courtesy visit of the vice president’s residence before inauguration.
CLASSY: Harris declines to invite @JDVance for courtesy visit to vice president’s residence before inauguration https://t.co/ImGpB59O2D
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) January 14, 2025
The outlet reports that Vance’s wife, Usha Vance, reached out to the staff of Harris and Doug Emhoff in November.
She reportedly sought details on how to childproof the house.
“The questions were initially rebuffed by a Harris political appointee. But there has since been communication between the Vance team and Navy aides who oversee the residence,” CBS News reports.
JUST IN: Vice President Kamala Harris has reportedly declined to invite Vice President-elect J.D. Vance for a courtesy visit to the Vice President’s residence. pic.twitter.com/oBVqnLRp3Z
— Resist the Mainstream (@ResisttheMS) January 14, 2025
CBS News reports:
Before Christmas, Navy officials provided an overview of the house to discuss the layout of the residence, logistics and practicalities of the move-in, and to help answer any questions the Vances had, a person familiar with the call said.
ADVERTISEMENTUsha Vance spoke with Emhoff for about 40 minutes last week, sources said. Harris sources said that arrangements are underway to accommodate the Vance children.
Spokespeople for Vance and Harris declined to comment.
But people close to Harris say she was never afforded an opportunity to visit the home before she was sworn in in 2021. However, she took office during the COVID outbreak, just after the Capitol riot — and Donald Trump had refused to admit he had been defeated in the election.
Advisers to then-Vice President Mike Pence dispute that an invitation was never offered. They say he quietly gave Harris and Emhoff a chance to visit in the waning days of the Trump administration.
Kamala Harris reportedly has refused to extend an invitation to J.D. Vance for a sit-down or tour of the vice president’s residence. https://t.co/qGLPV9CpAt
— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) January 14, 2025
Ric Grenell, former United States ambassador to Germany and acting director of national intelligence (DNI) under President Trump, called the declined invite a “shameful DC coverup.”
“Kamala has refused requests for JD and Usha Vance to see the VP residence and working spaces – while claiming that she’s focused on a peaceful transition. The media’s inability to hold Democrats to the same standard they hold Republicans is a fact the American people see clearly,” he added.
Shameful DC coverup.
Kamala has refused requests for JD and Usha Vance to see the VP residence and working spaces – while claiming that she’s focused on a peaceful transition.
The media’s inability to hold Democrats to the same standard they hold Republicans is a fact the…
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 14, 2025
From The National News Desk:
People close to Harris reportedly defended the alleged decision not to invite Vice President-elect Vance. Harris’s team has been focused on the California wildfires, as well as an overseas trip that was canceled, the outlet said.
ADVERTISEMENTFollowing the 2020 election, Harris and then-Vice President Mike Pence never had a “formal sit-down,” CBS News added, citing Democratic and Republican sources. Pence reportedly allowed Harris and Emhoff to visit the official residence “quietly” in the last days of the first Trump presidency.
The outlet reported that invitation was discrete since then-President Donald Trump resisted Harris and then-President-elect Joe Biden. People close to Harris said she was never allowed to visit, according to CBS News.
The Vance family will reportedly move into the home on Monday, when the vice president-elect is inaugurated. Neither his team nor Harris’s immediately returned a request for comment from The National News Desk (TNND).
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