Snub my Spouse? Snub you!
Former second husband Doug Emhoff made it clear at Monday’s inauguration that he wasn’t going to let anybody disrespect his partner, former Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Monday, Emhoff was approached by Bruce Fischer, the husband of U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, a Nebraska Republican, hand outstretched. Two weeks earlier, Harris had supplied her hand to the college professor after she had sworn in his spouse.
It’s possible you’ll recall Bruce Fischer seemingly ignoring the then-veep’s hand, even after she assured him, “It’s OK. I’m not going to chunk. Fischer didn’t transfer, staring down on the Bible and saying “thanks” as Harris tried to extricate herself from the awkward alternate.
So how might Emhoff do something however return the snub when Bruce Fischer supplied his hand at a ceremonial tea held on the White Home.
“Why would you attempt to shake my hand,” he informed Bruce Fischer, in accordance with CNN, “whenever you wouldn’t shake my spouse’s hand?”
The wives weren’t current on the time. Bruce Fischer later apologized, and the story has an amiable ending.
“And by the point they headed to the automotive to the Capitol, tempers had cooled and there was a cordial dialog which touched on golf, amongst different issues,” CNN reported.
Some insist Bruce Fischer by no means really snubbed the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. A full-length picture of their interplay exhibits that the Nebraska senator’s husband was holding a cane with one hand and the Bible, used for his spouse’s swearing-in, clutched within the different.
One heated forwards and backwards occurred on Mediate.
“Such vitriol. Seems like quite a lot of pettiness. Fischer’s fingers have been full and he even apologized for it. What extra do the Democrats need?,” wrote one person.
“He apologized solely after Emhoff referred to as him out on his BS. The pettiness was utterly on Fischer’s half. Emhoff ought to’ve informed him to eff off,” one commentor responded.
One other added, “He might have issued an evidence on the time, however he didn’t.”
Perhaps that accounts for the awkward slight, although many felt Bruce Fischer’s physique language reeked of disrespect as he’s seen inserting a free hand in his pocket.
Carrie Underwood additionally discovered herself in sizzling water this week with liberals.
The nation chart-topper, whose Inauguration Day had gotten off to a foul begin after a sound gear snafu compelled her to carry out “America the Lovely” a cappella — was captured on video approaching the VIP part: former President Joe Biden, Trump and their respective veeps, Harris and JD Vance.
Guess which one didn’t obtain a handshake from the a number of Grammy winner?
“Carrie Underwood snubbed Kamala Harris on the inauguration right this moment when she skipped shaking her hand as she shook others round her,” popular culture account Mr. Pop tweeted on Monday, January 20. “A a lot totally different assertion from the one she gave about coming collectively and unity.”
Underwood’s determination to carry out on the inauguration met with some backlash. She responded with an announcement saying she was “honored to have been requested to sing” and “to be small a part of this historic occasion.”
“I’m humbled to reply the decision at a time after we should all come collectively within the spirit of unity and trying to the long run,” she added.
“Carrie underwood not shaking Kamala Harris’ hand??? Unprofessional!” commented one other X person. “You understand if the roles have been reversed everybody would have an uproar!”
Some blamed Harris, with one commenter saying the previous veep didn’t lengthen her hand. “Not that deep.”
Underwood hasn’t spoken in regards to the alleged snub. Maybe a spherical of golf with Doug Emhoff is so as.
