Posted on 05/23/2021 9:33:51 PM PDT by Robwin
Many Americans have become more germ-conscious since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year – but Vice President Kamala Harris may have made her apparent concerns too conspicuous.
Harris was caught on camera Friday immediately wiping her right hand on her jacket after shaking hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the White House.
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Many social media users accused the vice president of being rude to Moon – with some claiming a Republican leader would have faced much harsher criticism for the same action.
"This is the USA VP?" one user wrote. "Not only disrespectful, but it would be ‘racist’ if this was a Republican, all over the news for sure….Double standards on full display.
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What an embarrasment to America! LBJ couldn’t hold a candle to that affrontal racism.
Red skin doesn’t want yellow skin to rub off on her.
That is incredibly rude! South Koreans are going to be really mad. That is super insulting in Asia. Heck, anywhere.
Serious breach of protocol.
“She’s even staring at their hands while they shake; how utterly disrespectful. “
Good catch. When first arriving in SK (USAF, long ago) they told us look them straight in the eye, and smile ear to ear. Always.
She usually wiped her chin after Willie Brown
This was played out decades ago on a Seinfeld episode where an American excecutive with a cold sneezed into his hand (because he couldn’t grab a handkerchief fast enough) then, before he could wash it off, a Japanese executive offered a handshake which was — understandably — refused because of “germs”. You can imagine how things progressed from there ...
I dislike Kamala as much as the next person, but after viewing the video, I personally think this is a “nothing-burger”.
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