Despite being branded ‘disloyal’, former Vice President Mike Pence plans to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, a report has revealed.
Four years after Trump’s “big falling out” with his former vice president, Pence, 65, accepted an invitation to his former running mate’s inauguration on Monday, two people with knowledge of the planning told the New York Times.
The 48th vice president of the United States was invited by the congressional committee that oversaw the event, following the custom of all former presidents and vice presidents, according to the New York Times.
The two men had hastily parted ways following the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Trump had wanted Pence to throw out Electoral College votes from swing states that President Joe Biden won as he chaired the joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election.
Pence refused and Trump’s supporters went after him — chanting “hang Mike Pence” and erecting a makeshift gallows outside the Capitol during the riot.
The Jan. 6 House committee found it was a Proud Boys informant had told the FBI that if members of the group had found Pence that day, they would have killed him.
Despite being branded ‘disloyal’, former Vice President Mike Pence (right) made a shocking ‘about-turn’ in his support for newly elected President Donald Trump (left), ahead of his inauguration

Four years after the president-elect’s “big feud” with his former vice president, Pence (pictured), 65, plans to attend his former running mate’s inauguration on Monday, according to two people with knowledge of the planning.
Still, Pence refused to leave the Capitol and hid in a garage-like building that was considered a secure location within the complex.
“The vice president did not want to take any chances that the world would see the vice president of the United States flee the Capitol,” vice president counsel Greg Jacob testified to committee members in 2022.
Since leaving office, Pence has been in the political wilderness.
He tried to run against Trump for the 2024 nomination, but only stayed in the race from June through October 2023.
Trump — the far-away frontrunner — wouldn’t even participate in the Republican Party’s primaries — so the two men never met on stage.
However, Pence shook hands with the newly elected president at Jimmy Carter’s funeral on January 9 – their first public interaction since 2021.
However, Pence declined to endorse Trump in his 2024 presidential campaign, but he also declined to endorse the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Instead, his political action committee funded ads ahead of the 2024 election, urging Americans to vote Republican on issues.
Pence has since sent congratulatory messages to Trump as his election victory was officially confirmed.
“I welcome the return of order and civility in these historic events and offer my most sincere congratulations and prayers to President Donald J. Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on their election to lead this great nation,” he said.

Pence shook hands with the president-elect at Jimmy Carter’s funeral on January 9 – their first public interaction since 2021


Trump also said he had no need for those supported by first-term Vice President Mike Pence, who said he did not vote for Trump in November.
Trump, re-elected in November for a second term as the country’s leader, chose Senator JD Vance of Ohio instead of Pence as his running mate in July 2024.
The president-elect will officially return to the White House on Monday, with the Senate process for confirmation of some of his nominees already underway.
Trump congratulated his new administration hires in a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, before taking aim at some of those who worked for him or stopped supporting him during his first term.
He wrote: “As of today, the new Trump administration has hired over a thousand people into the US government. They are outstanding in every way and you will see the fruits of their labor in the years to come. We will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and it will happen very soon!’
Trump then advised all hiring managers that “it would be helpful if you did not send or recommend people who have worked with or are endorsed by ‘a list of anti-Trump Republicans,’ in order to avoid time, save money and money. attempt.’
He specifically named 11 different Republicans and first-term Trump employees, many of whom he addressed by nicknames.
Trump called ex-UN ambassador and primary opponent Nikki Haley “Birdbrain” and called “disloyal warmongers Dick Cheney and his psychotic daughter Liz,” referring to the former vice president and Wyoming congressman who supported Harris.
Trump also said he had no need for those supported by Pence, who said he did not vote for Trump in November.