1/15/2021

KAMALA HARRIS/MIKE PENCE: “Vice President Mike Pence telephoned Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Thursday [Jan. 14, 2021] to congratulate her and offer his belated assistance… The discussion is the first time Mr. Pence and Ms. Harris have spoken since they debated each other last fall.

It also represents the only one-on-one interaction between the dueling 2020 presidential tickets: Mr. Trump has refused to call President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. and has not even fully conceded defeat.”

-Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman, “Pence, occupying a leadership void, calls Harris to offer assistance — as Trump plans his Inauguration Day getaway.,” nytimes.com, Jan. 15, 2021