Vice President Kamala Harris did not extend a formal invitation for a formal sit down and tour of the Naval Observatory to incoming Vice President JD Vance. It’s part of traditional transitional activities that have occurred between outgoing and incoming administrations.

Obama did not want to be there. But she went because it was expected of her, even though it meant being in the presence of the man who tried to delegitimize her husband’s historic nomination and presidency.

“President Jimmy Carter loved our country,” Harris wrote in her post. “He lived his faith, served the people, and left the world better than he found it.” The potential snub of Trump drew immediate backlash on social media.

President-elect Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Kamala Harris don’t interact before service starts. From left, President Barack Obama, former President Jimmy Carter, first lady Michelle Obama and former President Bill Clinton wave to the crowd from ...

First Lady Obama had last attended a presidential funeral when former President George H.W. Bush was eulogized in Washington, D.C., in December 2018. At that service, also held at the Washington National Cathedral, Michelle Obama notably shook Donald Trump’s hand.

The announcement did not give a reason for Obama’s absence. It comes after she missed Jimmy Carter’s state funeral—where she would have been seated next to Trump. CNN reported at the time that Obama had a scheduling conflict and was “still in Hawaii on an extended holiday vacation” when the funeral took place.

Michelle Obama will not join her husband, Barack Obama, at Donald Trump’s second presidential inauguration, a spokesperson for the former first couple confirmed to PEOPLE on Tuesday, Jan. 14.

NBC News reported that Michelle Obama’s most recent public appearance came on November 2, where she attended a get-out-the-vote rally in Pennsylvania after appearing at a campaign rally for Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan in late October.

Outgoing President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcomed President-elect Donald Trump and incoming first lady Melania Trump to the White House for tea before the inauguration on Monday, Jan. 20

Former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush will not attend President-elect Donald Trump's traditional inaugural lunch.