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Bruce Fischer accompanied his wife, first elected as a Senator for Nebraska in 2012, to the ceremony in Washington, D.C., on Friday and his refusal to shake hands with the vice president clearly surprised her as she oversaw the event, marking the beginning of the 119 th Congress.

The first lady took her seat next to Harris with nary an acknowledgement or glance toward the vice president and second gentleman.

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Bruce Fischer's behavior revealed a small, petty man who treated Harris not as this nation’s vice president, but as a Black woman he would not acknowledge because she challenged Trump.