It seems that Kamala Harris has no intention of leaving the Naval Observatory residence, home to all U.S. vice presidents since the 1970s, on a graceful note. According to one report, the sitting vice president has refused to invite Vice President-elect JD Vance and his wife, Usha, to the residence ahead of Monday’s inauguration.
Multiple Democrat and Republican sources confirmed to CBS News that Harris has refused to extend an invitation to the Vances for a formal sit-down or even an informal tour of their new home. This comes after Usha Vance made a specific request back in November for information on the house so she could ensure that it is child-proofed for their three children, all of whom are under the age of eight.
According to CBS News:
The questions were initially rebuffed by a Harris political appointee. But there has since been communication between the Vance team and Navy aides who oversee the residence.
Before Christmas, Navy officials provided an overview of the house to discuss the layout of the residence, logistics and practicalities of the move-in, and to help answer any questions the Vances had, a person familiar with the call said.
Mighty gracious of Kamala and Doug. Doug Emhoff apparently did take some time away from his spin classes to hold a 40-minute phone call with Usha Vance, but pre-inauguration access to the residence has apparently been denied.
Here’s a bit more from the reporter who broke the story:
Scoop: When JD Vance moves into the Naval Observatory residence on Jan. 20 with his wife Usha and their three young children, it will be his 1st time there. No invitation for a formal sit-down or tour has been extended by VP Kamala Harris, multiple D and R sources told CBS News. No get-together between then-VP Mike Pence and incoming VP Kamala Harris ever took place. Pence quietly made an opportunity for Harris and Doug Emhoff to visit Naval Observatory while he and Karen Pence were traveling, per sources familiar with the offer, which was made discreetly, when Trump was refusing to acknowledge that he lost and was resisting accommodating the Biden-Harris transition.
The story alleges that, back in 2021, then-Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, broke with tradition and did not invite Harris and Emhoff to visit the Observatory, although Pence confidantes say an invitation was issued quietly. The two couples, however, never did end up having a meeting at the residence.
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The CBS News story reports that Kamala simply doesn’t have the time to meet with the Vances or give them a tour because she is so focused on the California wildfires. RedState’s Bonchie reported Monday on the vice president’s ineptitude when dealing with said wildfires, commenting:
It’s scary to think that she was almost President of the United States. Every single time I hear her speak in public, I’m reminded of just how much of a vapid empty suit she is. This is a woman who offers nothing of substance to any situation she’s involved in. It’s always a confusing mix of platitudes because it would take actual work for her to offer more, and she’s the laziest major politician I’ve ever seen.
It’s a complete cop-out for Team Kamala to make excuses for not allowing the Vances access to the vice presidential residence in order to ease the transition for their young family. After all, Kamala is the woman who styled herself as “Momala” to her step-kids. It’s clear that she’s simply too bitter about 2024 to be even slightly gracious to the incoming administration.
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