{"id":2387558,"date":"2025-01-07T17:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everybody-missed-what-really-happened-when-he-didnt-shake-kamalas-hand-and-now-she-looks-even-worse\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:18:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:18:41","slug":"everybody-missed-what-really-happened-when-he-didnt-shake-kamalas-hand-and-now-she-looks-even-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everybody-missed-what-really-happened-when-he-didnt-shake-kamalas-hand-and-now-she-looks-even-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Everybody Missed What Really Happened When He Didn&#8217;t Shake Kamala&#8217;s Hand, And Now She Looks Even Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feverybody-missed-what-really-happened-when-he-didnt-shake-kamalas-hand-and-now-she-looks-even-worse%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2387558&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text discusses a recent incident \u200dinvolving\u2063 Vice President Kamala harris\u200d during a Senate swearing-in ceremony \u200bwhere Bruce Fischer,\u200d husband of Republican Senator Deb\u200d Fischer, did not shake her\u200d hand.The\u200d article suggests\u2063 that this perceived \u200bsnub may have been misinterpreted as politically motivated,\u200c but argues that it could instead \u200cbe attributed \u200dtoo \u200dFischer&#8217;s physical limitations, \u200bas he\u200d was using a cane and holding a Bible. The author criticizes the reactions on social media that attributed \u2062blame to Fischer for not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-couldnt-breathe-watch-arabs-react-after-screening-footage-of-hamas-slaughtering-civilians\/\" title=\"Arabs shocked by footage of Hamas killing civilians: &#039;I couldn&#039;t breathe\">making eye\u2062 contact<\/a> with Harris, suggesting\u200c instead that his reluctance to engage\u2064 was \u2064due\u2063 to social anxiety\u2062 or mobility issues rather than political \u200bdisdain.The\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">piece ultimately places<\/a> the\u2064 duty\u200c for the awkward interaction on Harris, claiming her\u2063 failure \u200cto recognize \u2062Fischer&#8217;s situation contributed \u2063to the misunderstanding.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The non-handshake heard round the world might have amounted to a politically-motivated snub. Or, the elderly man who refused the handshake might have had any number of non-political reasons for doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, those who make it their business to draw conclusions based on insufficient information have once again beclowned themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, if blame for the awkward incident belongs anywhere, it belongs with Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n<p>During the Senate swearing-in ceremony on Friday, Bruce Fischer, husband to Republican Sen. Deb Fischer of Nebraska, appeared reluctant to look the vice president in the eye or to shake her hand. In the end, he did neither, at least not for more than a brief glance.<\/p>\n<p>Predictably, the most annoying liberals on the social media platform X went <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-freak-man-holding-bible-cane-couldnt-shake-kamala-harris-hand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">apoplectic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Harris, however, effectively caused the incident through her trademark obtuseness. Inexplicably, she tried to shake the hand of an elderly man with a cane in his right hand and a Bible in his left.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Harris&rsquo;s boss, President Joe Biden, committed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-madonna-pulls-joe-biden-calls-wheelchair-bound-fan-sitting-concert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">similar gaffe<\/a> in 2008 while running for vice president.<\/p>\n<p>A closer look at the Fischer incident, however, reveals Harris&rsquo;s gaffe as even worse than Biden&rsquo;s.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is my husband, Bruce. Do you want to come here, Bruce?&rdquo; the senator said at the beginning of a 56-second clip posted to X.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Bruce walked very slowly behind his wife.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And hold the Bible,&rdquo; she added, trying to position her husband to her left and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s right.<\/p>\n<p>The swearing-in took only a few seconds, at which point <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-cackles-joke-audience-leaves-hanging-yeah\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> congratulated the pair.<\/p>\n<p>Then, rather than shake Harris&rsquo;s outstretched hand, Bruce simply responded &ldquo;thank you.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He did not refuse to shake her hand. He is using a cane. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TPqbG1YQtF\">https:\/\/t.co\/TPqbG1YQtF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Robby Soave (@robbysoave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbysoave\/status\/1876373986332049894?\">January 6, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>So why does Harris deserve blame for the incident?<\/p>\n<p>Well, not only did she see Bruce&rsquo;s cane, but she also witnessed the interaction between the Fischers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fischer.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/extended-biography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senator&rsquo;s website<\/a>, she and her husband married in 1972.<\/p>\n<p>On a personal note, my parents, both in their 70s, married that same year. I see them every day, so I know how it looks and sounds when a wife cares for a husband with mobility issues. It looks and sounds like the Fischers.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, shrieking liberals also complained that Bruce refused to look <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-joins-al-gore-exclusive-club-forced-certify-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a> in the eyes. In the clip above, however, he did not look his wife in the eyes either. Instead, he looked directly at the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Even shrieking liberals get old. When they do, perhaps they will learn how a person feels when the prospect of falling down could mean a life-threatening injury.<\/p>\n<p>I do not say that Bruce looked down because he felt fear. After all, I do not know what Bruce felt or thought.<\/p>\n<p>Fear of falling, however, and clinging to one&rsquo;s cane, offers at least as plausible an explanation of the non-handshake as suggesting that the senator&rsquo;s husband snubbed the vice president. Social anxiety or early dementia would sound equally plausible.<\/p>\n<p>We need not speculate, of course, because we cannot know. And that ignorance of motives should produce humility, even in noisy liberals.<\/p>\n<p>In sum, whatever Bruce Fischer&rsquo;s intentions, the non-handshake occurred because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-kamala-harris-botches-pledge-allegiance-presiding-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harris<\/a>, once again, had no clue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Regardless, those who jump to conclusions without adequate information have embarrassed themselves once again. Additionally, Vice President Kamala Harris bears some responsibility for the awkward situation. During a Senate swearing-in ceremony, Bruce Fischer, husband of Republican Senator Deb Fischer from Nebraska, seemed hesitant to engage with Harris and ultimately did not shake her hand. This led to an outcry from some liberals on social media. Harris&#8217;s attempt to shake hands with an elderly man using a cane and holding a Bible was misguided; she should have recognized his situation better. While President Biden made a similar mistake in 2008, this incident highlights Harris&#8217;s lack of awareness even more starkly. The interaction showed that Bruce was focused on maintaining his balance rather than snubbing the vice president; he simply thanked her instead of shaking hands due to his mobility issues. Thus, while we cannot know Bruce\u2019s exact feelings or thoughts during the moment, it is clear that Harris misread the situation entirely<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2387559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Handshake.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24746,32438,35743,36174],"class_list":["post-2387558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-handshake","tag-kamala-harris","tag-political-drama","tag-public-perception"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Handshake.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2387558"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2387562,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2387558\/revisions\/2387562"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2387559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2387558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2387558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2387558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}