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Watching a Hoax Perpetrated in Real Time
Hotair.com ^ | 1-8-25 | David Strom

Posted on 01/08/2025 7:28:00 AM PST by DeweyCA

I would have written about this one yesterday, but I was enjoying the experience of getting a colonoscopy. But the story is still timely and, more importantly, a perfect example of how the Democrats and the Pravda Media create a nasty hoax out of an innocent event.

I am speaking of the Great Handshake Controversy of January 6th. It was, according to the left, a very dark day in American history. Scott Jennings snarkily called it the High Holy Day of January 6th.

This time the horror that must be expressed was not the storming of the Capitol building but rather the failure of Nebraska Senator Bruce Fischer's husband, Bruce, to shake Kamala Harris' hand during her swearing-in.

The left and the media exploded in rage at this racist and sexist insult. Fischer had shaken hands with Joe Biden and Mike Pence, and even joked around with them. With Harris, though, he was stonefaced and didn't accept her gracious offer of a handshake. Harris was visibly taken aback at his snub.

The left EXPLODED with rage. NeverTrumpers were particularly nasty, implying all sorts of dark motives, racism being among the most obvious. MAGA folks are racist as hell, you know. Totally classless.

The outrage spread across X, and it was even written about in the Pravda Media, including the Old Grey Lady herself, in The New York Times. Here's how they described the horrific event:

...the reactions underscored anew how even the most basic interpersonal interactions in Washington these days are scrutinized for signs of the passions and hostilities between members of opposing parties that lie barely beneath the surface. The awkward exchange between Ms. Harris and Mr. Fischer came on a day that was, in its own way, trying for the vice president, who was carrying out her duties after losing the presidency and getting ready to leave office altogether, her own future unclear.

The whole thing was captured by C-SPAN cameras in the Old Senate Chamber.

After administering the oath to Ms. Fischer and shaking her hand, Ms. Harris turned to Mr. Fischer and said, “Congratulations to you,” holding out a hand.

“Thank you,” he said, gazing down without looking her in the eye as she stood with her arm outstretched. She then pulled back, raised her eyebrows and cringed slightly before turning and plastering on a rictus smile for the photo.

The frostiness began before the vice president read the oath, when Ms. Fischer introduced her husband and positioned him next to Ms. Harris to hold the Bible for her. He appeared so reluctant to stand close to the vice president that she commented.

“It’s OK, I won’t bite. I’m not going to bite, don’t worry,” Ms. Harris said.

Brian Tyler Cohen, a political commentator, posted a video of the interaction online and said it demonstrated “the level of class you can expect from MAGA.”

There is one big problem with the entire narrative, and it is that the entire affair is based on a hoax, just as happened with the "fine people" hoax which still rolls around the Internet and formed the very foundation of Joe Biden's campaign for president and his critique of Trump for years: by stripping the context--in Trump's case the specific denunciation of White Supremacists, and in this case the physical infirmity of Bruce Fischer, who was holding both a cane and a Bible--an impression completely divorced from reality was created and to this day being maintained.

It's not even ambiguous. While the left took video clips that obscured the cane, there are plenty of photographs and even some video clips in which the cane is very clearly visible.

At the time Harris extended her hand Fischer was holding a Bible in one hand and was propping himself up with a cane on the other. By the time his LEFT hand was free, not his right, the handshake incident was over. Was he supposed to interrupt the swearing-in to shake Kamala's hand as she read the Oath of Office?

Senator Fischer is not known as a rabble rouser--Nebraskans rarely are--and it seems much more likely that a geriatric old man with balance difficulties couldn't manage to juggle a cane and a Bible and simultaneously shake hands.

I do not blame Harris for being surprised at the moment--she was swearing in one Senator after another, and hasn't addressed the issue herself. I doubt she was intentionally creating a firestorm.

But I have no doubt that that this affair has been entirely intentional by the Pravda Media and the left's influencers. All these accusations are still out there on X--none deleted nor corrected, despite all the facts being out there. Just like the "fine people" hoax, they KNOW they are lying. It is all in the service of smearing conservatives as racistsexisthomophobes.

These are no mistakes, misinterpretations, or innocent at all. It is coordinated, self-conscious, and lying propaganda with a purpose.

This is how the left works, all day every day.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Nebraska; US: New York
KEYWORDS: briantylercohen; brucefischer; davidstrom; fischer; harris; hoax; homophobia; maga; mediabias; mediawingofthednc; nebraska; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; scottjennings
The link has many imbedded videos and photos to show the lies about this event. The sad thing is that so many people that I know will see only the lies perpetrated by the legacy media and will never hear the truth. As Trump said, the legacy media is the enemy.
1 posted on 01/08/2025 7:28:00 AM PST by DeweyCA
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To: DeweyCA

All they know how to do is lie. You can’t believe anything they say.


2 posted on 01/08/2025 7:40:19 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: DeweyCA

They use stuff like this to redirect conversation that gets uncomfortable for them. Like calling you a racist, or referring to Trump as “convicted felon”. They fail to grasp that we aren’t falling for their nonsense. You have to laugh and bring the point back rather than fall for their misdirection.


3 posted on 01/08/2025 7:41:08 AM PST by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: DeweyCA

BTTT


4 posted on 01/08/2025 7:54:12 AM PST by nopardons
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To: DeweyCA

The same outrage when pig Pelosi tore up the State of the Union speech on tv??


5 posted on 01/08/2025 7:56:06 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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To: DeweyCA

I don’t understand why a law firm isn’t taking advantage of this business opportunity to sue for slander or libel. Earn a percentage of the damages, a win for the law firm. Provide a substantive consequence for the liars actions, a win for everybody.


6 posted on 01/08/2025 8:21:53 AM PST by Made In The USA (Ellen Ate Dynamite Good Bye Ellen)
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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7 posted on 01/08/2025 9:44:22 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: Resolute Conservative; DeweyCA

The same outrage when pig Pelosi tore up the State of the Union speech on tv??


Exactly!

Give it right back to ‘em.


8 posted on 01/08/2025 9:52:15 AM PST by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: DeweyCA

The stories if this were Trump. Trump trying to make a crippled man fall by forcing a hand-shake.


9 posted on 01/08/2025 10:08:56 AM PST by pas
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To: DeweyCA

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4288418/posts

Gateway pundit is the legacy media?


10 posted on 01/08/2025 10:13:25 AM PST by Fuzz
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
Senator Fischer is not known as a rabble rouser--Nebraskans rarely are--and it seems much more likely that a geriatric old man with balance difficulties couldn't manage to juggle a cane and a Bible and simultaneously shake hands.
All Demwits are *******s.

11 posted on 01/08/2025 2:39:39 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: DeweyCA

“Nebraska Senator Bruce Fischer’s husband, Bruce”

From the Australian Wino Society?


12 posted on 01/08/2025 6:29:40 PM PST by gnickgnack2 (They’re pushing us because they want us to push back. Then comes martial law. They see it as a win-w)
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