Amongst the many American politicians at the highest level who attended the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday, January 9, Vice President and failed 2024 Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris did so alongside her husband, Doug Emhoff. President-elect Donald Trump and his gorgeous wife, Melania Trump, also appeared at the National Cathedral for the funeral.
As could be expected, the Trumps were snubbed by most of the of the American political establishment. Though former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Mike Pence stood up to greet them and shake their hands, Karen Pence refused to even look at Melania, much less be polite and stand up to greet her and shake her hand.
It didn’t end at Karen. When former President Barack Obama arrived, minus his Hawaii-vacation-bound wife, the only living former First Lady to not attend the funeral, he greeted neither Donald nor Melania Trump, though he later chatted with the president-elect in a seemingly jovial conversation that went viral online.
Similarly, both George W and Laura Bush refused to act with anything approaching politeness toward even Melania Trump. They greeted neither Donald nor Melania, much less shook hands with them, though GW Bush did greet Obama by tapping him on the stomach in another incident that took off online.
But the utter lack of decorum and politeness didn’t end at the funeral itself. It occurred even after the snub-filled funeral, with Vice President Kamala Harris, who was caught on camera glaring at Trump and Obama as they joked with each other, posting a photo on social media in which she had deviously cropped out Donald and Melania Trump.
That came in the form of a tweet posted on her official Vice Presidential account, in which she posted a picture of most of the living members of America’s top political ranks, but with the Trumps cut out. She captioned it by saying, “President Jimmy Carter loved our country. He lived his faith, served the people, and left the world better than he found it. President Carter’s many contributions will echo for generations to come.” Here’s that tweet with the photo:
In a second post about the funeral, one posted about 30 minutes after the one deemed a snub of Melania, as it would make sense Kamala would be angry at her political rival but shocking that she’d act with such a lack of decorum toward his wife, Kamala said, “President Jimmy Carter was a gifted man who walked with humility, modesty, and grace. On Tuesday, I had the honor of delivering a eulogy at his Lying in State Ceremony. Today, we will gather at the National Cathedral to reflect on President Carter’s life of service to our nation and the world.”
As could be expected, the internet was furious that Kamala had snubbed the Trumps. For example, the Breaking911 X account posted the same photo as Kamala and said, “Kamala tweeted this photo of Jimmy Carter’s funeral, and guess who she cropped out? It’s obvious that President-elect Trump and First Lady Melania were placed at the end of the row in advance to be able to crop them out.”
Agreeing with the feeling of that post, a commenter on it said, “Imagine a full grown adult, and almost President of the US, can be so petty, that on her official account she crops out her political opponent AT A FUNERAL, who she lost to? That’s who this woman really is. She’s not full of “Joy”. She’s hateful and vindictive.” Similarly, a commenter on that added, “I’ve not seen this kind of thing since about 11th grade where the girl cuts her boyfriend out of the prom pic.”
Watch the snubs here:
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