Former Vice President Mike Pence is attending President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, further underscoring the returning commander-in-chief's rising favorability in Washington. "This is a day when every American does well to celebrate our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power under the Constitution of the United States,

"This is a day when every American does well to celebrate our democracy and the peaceful transfer of power," Pence wrote.

The president-elect and his former vice president, who have been at odds since the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots, briefly conversed at former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral