Liberal netizens slammed Bruce, the elderly husband of Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), who appeared to refuse to shake Vice President Kamala Harris' hand last week after footage circulated online. He was not shown holding the cane tightly.
At Sen. Fischer's swearing-in ceremony last Friday, Ms. Harris, 60, shook the senator's hand, thanked her for her work, then extended her hand to her husband and said, “Congratulations.” .
Bruce responded, “Thank you,” and rejected Harris' advances, so the vice president turned away in discomfort and stood next to her for a photo with an awkward expression and raised eyebrows.
Senator Fischer then served as a teller during Congress' certification of the results of the 2024 presidential election on Monday. The tellers are tasked with perusing the state's election results.
Mr. Harris presided over a joint session of Congress for certification.
However, Bruce and Harris' encounter began to go viral just days after it happened.
Even though another angle of the encounter shows Bruce's right hand, normally used for shaking hands, occupied by a cane, liberal critics hurled abuse at him. Ta.
“Republican senator's husband refused to shake hands or make eye contact with Vice President Harris. The level of class you can expect from MAGA” liberal podcaster Brian Tyler Cohen I hit the X.
“Senator Fischer's no-good husband Bruce wouldn't even look her in the eye. In the full video, he didn't want to stand next to her! No excuses. He didn't want to touch her. “I immediately put my hands in my pockets,” said radio host Roland Martin. Shoot with X.
“It's a disgrace that Bruce Fischer, husband of incoming Republican Sen. Deb Fischer, can't muster a few seconds of class and shake hands with Vice President Kamala Harris. IMO, that's the only thing Bruce has shown here. The thing is, pigs don't just live on farms. He's a Pig” author. Don Winslow scoffed..
Some conservatives thought Bruce looked down on Harris.
“Oh! Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer's husband refuses to shake Kamala's hand and can barely look her in the eye. On behalf of her and all the Americans whose lives have been destroyed by Joe's policies. Thank you for your support,” Newsmax host David J. Harris Jr. commented on X.
“Nebraska Sen. Deb Fischer's husband has just reached legendary status.” Wall Street user Mab said:.
“Many people have commented (positively or negatively) about Sen. Deb Fischer's husband not shaking hands with Kamala. The cropped video shows the vice president trying to shake hands with Kamala. “There is no indication that his hand was holding a cane,” said Molly Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist. I wrote to X.
The newspaper contacted spokespeople for Mr. Fisher and Mr. Harris.
Sen. Fischer was locked in a surprisingly tight re-election battle last year in the 2024 election cycle, with independent candidate Dan Osborne, a typical ruby-red state independent, faring well.
In the end she won. Ironically, after last Friday's swearing-in ceremony, Fisher served as a teller during the Congressional certification of the 2024 election on Monday.
