Liberal netizens tore into Sen. Deb Fischer’s (R-Neb.) aged husband Bruce for showing to show down Vice President Kamala Harris’ handshake final week, however viral footage that swirled on-line didn’t present that he was firmly greedy his cane.
Throughout Sen. Fischer’s swearing-in ceremony final Friday, Harris, 60, shook the senator’s hand, thanked her for her work after which prolonged a handshake towards her husband and mentioned “Congratulations to you.”
Bruce replied with a “Thanks” and rebuffed Harris’ outreach, prompting the VP to uncomfortably flip away and lift her eyebrows with an ungainly expression on her face earlier than standing subsequent to him for a photograph.
Sen. Fischer later went on to function a teller in the course of the congressional certification of the 2024 presidential election outcomes on Monday. Tellers are tasked with studying via the state electoral outcomes.
Harris presided over the joint session of Congress for the certification.
However the encounter between Bruce and Harris began to go viral days after it occurred.
Regardless of different angles of the encounter displaying Bruce’s proper hand, which is usually used for handshakes, being occupied with the cane, liberal critics unleashed on him.
“The husband of a Republican senator simply refused to shake arms or make eye contact with Vice President Harris. The extent of sophistication you possibly can count on from MAGA,” liberal podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen jabbed on X.
“@SenatorFischer’s a—gap husband, Bruce, wouldn’t even look her within the eye. Within the FULL video, he didn’t even need to stand subsequent to her! Cease making excuses. He QUICKLY put his hand in his pocket in order to not contact her,” radio host Roland Martin sniped on X.
“It’s disgraceful that Bruce Fischer, husband to incoming GOP Senator Deb Fischer can’t muster a couple of seconds of sophistication to shake the arms of @VP Kamala Harris. States. IMO, solely factor Bruce confirmed right here was that pigs don’t solely reside on farms. He’s a pig,” creator Don Winslow sneered.
Even some conservatives thought Bruce snubbed Harris.
“WOW! Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer’s husband REFUSED to shake Kamala’s hand and may barely look her within the eye. Thanks, sir, for representing each American whose lives have been destroyed by her and Joe’s insurance policies,” Newsmax host David J Harris Jr remarked on X.
“The husband of Nebraska Senator Deb Fischer simply reached legendary standing,” consumer Wall Avenue Mav mentioned.
“A lot of people commenting (positively or negatively) on Sen. Deb Fischer’s husband not shaking Kamala’s hand. The clipped video doesn’t present that the hand the VP tried to shake was holding on to a cane,” Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway wrote on X.
The Put up reached out to spokespeople for each Fischer and Harris.
Final 12 months, Sen. Fischer had been locked in a surprisingly aggressive reelection bid within the 2024 cycle, in opposition to a robust displaying from Impartial hopeful Dan Osborn, an Impartial within the usually ruby-red state.
Finally she prevailed. Paradoxically, after the swearing-in ceremony final Friday, Fischer served as a teller in the course of the congressional certification of the 2024 election that befell Monday.
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