Kamala Harris will give oath of office to GOP senators who couldn’t get her name right

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy When the 119th Congress convenes on Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will be tasked with swearing in new senators, including three Republican members of the upper chamber who mispronounced her name on the campaign trail last year. Harris’s role as vice president includes duties performed as president of the Senate, including breaking ties and presiding over impeachment trials not involving a sitting president. open image in gallery Harris swears in Arizona Senator Mark Kelly during a ceremony in the old Senate chamber in the US Capitol Another GOP member who will take the oath for another term is Texas Senator Ted Cruz, who spent much of last year falsely accusing Harris and Democrats in general of importing non-white migrants to use them as illegal voters as a way of stealing last year’s presidential election. Yet another returning Republican, Senator Rick Scott of Florida, accused Harris of short-changing the Sunshine State’s hurricane recovery and not caring about Florida residents.