Former Vice President Mike Pence praised Vice President Kamala Harris for overseeing the certification of the 2024 presidential election in which she lost to President-elect Donald Trump, calling it “particularly admirable.”
“The peaceful transfer of power is a fundamental aspect of our democracy, and today members from both parties in the House and Senate, along with the vice president, certified the election of our new president and vice president without any controversy or objection,” Pence stated in a post on X.
He congratulated Trump and Vice President-elect JD Vance on their victory and hailed the smooth certification process as a “return of order and civility.”
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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, Senate, and the Vice President for upholding their constitutional duty. It’s particularly noteworthy that Vice President Harris presided over the certification of a presidential election that she did not win,” Pence added.
Following Trump and Pence’s loss in the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Pence presided over the certification during a joint session of Congress in 2021, which was briefly interrupted due to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Pence, who briefly ran for the GOP presidential nomination in 2023 but later dropped out, did not endorse Trump in the 2024 election.
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Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Annual Leadership Summit at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
The last time a sitting vice president who lost a presidential bid presided over the certification of their own election loss was in 2001, following Democratic Vice President Al Gore’s loss to Republican George W. Bush in the 2000 White House race.
After Rep. Mike Johnson won the speakership again, Pence congratulated him last week.
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Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., holds the gavel after being re-elected House Speaker during the first session of the 119th Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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“Well Deserved! Our prayers are with you as you take the gavel once again to lead the Peoples House!” Pence tweeted.
