Liberal netizens tore into the elderly husband of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) for appearing to turn down Vice President Kamala Harris’ handshake last week, but viral footage that swirled online didn’t show that he was firmly grasping his cane.
During Sen. Fischer’s swearing-in ceremony last Friday, Harris, 60, shook the senator’s hand, thanked her for her work and then extended a handshake toward her husband, Bruce, and said, “Congratulations to you.”
Bruce replied with a “Thank you” and rebuffed Harris’ outreach, prompting the VP to uncomfortably turn away and raise her eyebrows with an awkward expression on her face before standing next to him for a photo.
Sen. Fischer later went on to serve as a teller during the congressional certification of the 2024 presidential election results on Monday. Tellers are tasked with reading through the state electoral results.
“Lots of folks commenting (positively or negatively) on Sen. Deb Fischer’s husband not shaking Kamala’s hand. The clipped video does not show that the hand the VP tried to shake was holding on to a cane,” Federalist editor-in-chief Mollie Hemingway wrote on X.
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