Pence is helping Biden make the transition more normal - but their cooperation has risks for each
Annie Linskey, The Washington Post
Jan. 17, 2021
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Vice President Mike Pence, presiding over Congress s affirmation of the election results on Jan. 6, passes a document to a staffer.Washington Post photo by Bill O Leary
When Vice President Mike Pence takes his seat near Joe Biden at the inauguration on Wednesday, he will be symbolically turning his back on President Donald Trump s baseless assertion of a stolen election and creating the powerful image of a peaceful transfer of power - an image his boss has sought to upend.
Vice President-Elect
Kamala Harris and her husband
Douglas Emhoff sat down with CBS News’ Jane Pauley Tuesday in Washington, D.C., for their first joint television interview since the election. Pauley’s extended interview with Harris and Emhoff for CBS SUNDAY MORNING was broadcast today
Sunday, Jan. 17 on the CBS Television Network.
A rush transcript of the report is below:
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA HARRIS: I was raised to not hear “no.” Let me be clear about it. So it wasn’t like, “Oh, the possibilities are immense. Whatever you want to do, you can do.” No, I was raised to understand many people will tell you “It is impossible,” but don’t listen. I mentor a lotta people, and I tell them that there will be people who will say, “It’s not your turn, it’s not your time. No one like you has done it.” And I’ll tell them, “And don’t you listen.” And then I will go on to tell them, “I eat no for breakfast.” (LAUGH)