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President-elect Vance and his family will not be given a pre-inaugural tour of the Vice Presidential Residence, two people familiar with J.D. Vance’s plans told CNN, adding that he will not be given a pre-inauguration tour of the Vice Presidential Residence, which is currently occupied by Vice President Kamala Harris. He said he had not received an invitation to the official residence.
Although Harris had never been to the Naval Observatory before assuming the role in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. , this kind attitude has become the norm these days.
This time, it may be the not-so-unexpected outcome of a particularly brutal campaign in which Mr. Vance called Ms. Harris “trash” during a November rally. She was also repeatedly attacked by Vance and Trump about her racial identity.
An adviser to Vance told CNN that Harris and Vance have not spoken since the November 2024 presidential election, but that after the election, Harris called President-elect Trump and asked him to concede the race. Ta. CBS News first reported the absence of guests.
More than eight years ago, in November 2016, then-Vice President Joe Biden met with then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence at the Naval Observatory. CNN reported at the time that Pence and Biden spoke for about two hours, including having lunch and touring the residence.
Eight years earlier, in 2008, then-Vice President Dick Cheney welcomed Biden to the Vice Presidential Residence. Cheney’s office said at the time that the two spent nearly an hour there.
However, there was some back and forth between Vance and Harris’ staff. A person familiar with the vice president’s schedule told CNN that the Vance family will be on the phone with the Navy Facilities Team, which runs the Naval Observatory, around Christmas to “discuss the layout, logistics, and practicalities of moving in to the residence and help answer any questions they may have.” “To do this,” he said. Questions that the Vance family had regarding the residence. ”
The Vice President’s residence is located on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Observatory, a few miles from the White House.
The official added that Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and incoming Second Lady Usha Vance spoke for 45 minutes last week, but did not elaborate on the nature of the call.
CNN’s Alejandra Jaramillo contributed to this report.
