Moment Mitch McConnell is left stunned after a pallbearer REFUSES to shake his hand at Elijah Cummin

[Demovictory9]

lol. Schumer noticed.

[dalton99a]

1. A good patriotic gesture.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Thank you for sharing. Actions have consequences and Moscow Mitch needs to start paying for ...

his traitorous actions...there is no other way to describe his efforts to derail the election security bills, etc. other than to continue to allow foreign and/or other nefarious entities to sidetrack our elections...

[Va Lefty]

3. Expression on Moscow Mitch is priceless. He's lucky the guy didn't punch him out

[cynatnite]

4. I don't think I would have done that at Elijah Cummings funeral...

It feels like it goes against who he is and I wouldn't want to disrespect that. Just me, though. Everyone's welcome to feel differently.

[cwydro]

13. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels that way.

I agree.

[stopdiggin]

16. wouldn't either

Time and place. Honor, respect, joint sorrow, healing.

But like the above .. not gonna' judge either.

[yaesu]

22. As mush as a person like Moscow Mitch disgusts me I could not do that at anyone's funeral

and it would be difficult for me to do that under any circumstance to be honest. I consider it one of my character flaws.

[csziggy]

38. No one should have to be polite to assholes

I did similar to my sister at both our parents' funeral. She had been a total asshole to our mother while our father was dying and made the whole situation much harder on Mom. She literally turned her back on Mom because Mom asked her to leave Dad alone (she and her daughter forced Mom away from his bed and were 'petting' him and disturbing him as he was dying).

I have not spoken to that sister since and never will again. Life is too short to waste respect on someone who has none for others.

[Blaukraut]

24. Agreed. n/t

[FoxNewsSucks]

27. Moscow Mitch should have been

instructed to stay away. If he had any decency, he would not have attended. I think he and all of them should be shunned any time they are in public, but I do see your point about Cummings funeral. It is a tough choice either way.

[Arazi]

29. It was Elijah Cummings' brother. The family gets to grieve any way they want imo

And if snubbing obvious traitors like McConnell gets him thru today then he gets to do that today.

Sorry but nobody gets to "tut tut" grieving family members

[5X]

33. +1

[cynatnite]

36. Like I said, that's just me. People have to decide for themselves. n/t

[jrthin]

53. +1 nt

[Blue_true]

31. I feel the same way. nt

[Caliman73]

32. I am one who is feeling free to disagree.

I totally understand your rationale for your position and normally, I would agree.

I believe that the man who snubbed McConnell is being reported as Cummings' brother. So the way I see it, and will preface as you did by saying, Just me though. McConnell had very little right to be there other than his position as the Senate Leader grants him the option. He most certainly should not have been in the honor line shaking hands with people.

McConnell is a man who espouses EVERYTHING that Cummings and likely his family has fought against. He is racist, corrupt, and cares nothing about the people who Cummings championed, people of color and the poor. I think that if the man is who he is reported to be (Cummings' brother) then he might have a very strong motivation to not shake the hand of a man who really is an enemy of every cause his brother held dear just for the sake of decorum.

[cynatnite]

37. I totally respect his feelings about it...

and anyone else's, too.

I don't fault anyone for refusing to shake his hand.

There were so many hard feelings between us and my Dad's family that trying to have some decorum was difficult, but we smiled and got through it. That family tried to stop us from burying my Dad where he bought his plot. So, it was bad.

I understand the feelings.

[Caliman73]

49. Human relationships are very complicated.

Grief often intensifies emotion.

What irritates me the most is that McConnell seemed to think that he deserved to be there and that it would be an honor to shake his hand.

We have had bad presidents and good ones, bad senators & representatives and good ones. Since Bush Jr. and especially with Trump, I feel that he office of the president has lost the honor bestowed upon it. President Obama restored that honor after Bush, but it really showed that the honor depends on how the people in the position comport themselves. I used to say when Bush was in office that if I ever got a chance to be in front of the president, that I would not be "star struck" or nervous about meeting the President, because I knew that I was smarter and a better person than Bush Jr. If there was any flack for my "lack or respect" I would simply say that when you drag the dignity of the office through the mud by your stupidity incompetence and malfeasance then you deserve no respect.

Conservatives went after President Obama for shooting hoops or taking a selfie, saying that he somehow degraded the office. Yet, Trump, who is a corrupt scumbag and McConnell who sold the country out to Russia and whose wife is selling it out to China for their own enrichment are "honorable"?

I know McConnell is Senate leader and that office comes with access to respectability. He should have done the honorable thing and stood in the second row in place of Maxine Waters and allowed a true colleague of Cummings be in the line of honor.

[cynatnite]

59. The family are the ones who made the decisions about the funeral...

No matter our feelings, republicans were welcomed by the family.

It's horrible right now. I know that. tRump is wrecking our institutions, shitting on the constitution and doing his level best to turn people against one another with his hate-mongering.

Elijah Cummings funeral just isn't the place.

The fight belongs in DC in the halls of congress.

[Phentex]

43. I agree with you...

It's not just you.

[smirkymonkey]

62. +1000

Agree completely. In fact ignoring him was the most polite thing he could have done considering the fact that he probably wanted to strangle him instead. The fact that McConnell even showed up was disrespectful considering who he is and what he stands for.

[LiberalFighter]

57. I don't see any reason why Moscow Mitch should had even been in that line.

[obamanut2012]

5. I need a cigarette after that

Righteous!

[C_U_L8R]

6. Schumer sure enjoyed it

[dewsgirl]

7. The look on Schumer's face is priceless.

[Volaris]

19. Lol ya..as in: 'welp, maybe dont be such a dick, and that wont happen.'

[hvn_nbr_2]

12. McConnell looked at Schumer as if to ask for help or sympathy...

Schumer just grinned bigger, almost laughed in his face.

[Demovictory9]

14. lol. he did

[LiberalFighter]

58. Yep! :)

[moondust]

8. Moscow Mitch is lucky

somebody didn't spit on him.

[Fritz Walter]

21. Not the right time or place

But, soon I hope.
Perhaps by an eastern KY coalminer with black lung disease.
And that moment must be captured on video, so it can live forever.

[stopbush]

9. The pallbearer skipped McCarthy as well.

👏

[TheBlackAdder]

10. Ah-hahaha! 😂😂😂 Thanks for the laugh!

[NurseJackie]

11. First video was great. The 2nd video was a hot mess.

[Demovictory9]

15. yes. it was

[llmart]

20. +1

[Eliot Rosewater]

46. I tweeted 3 yrs ago SHAME THEM IN PUBLIC

finally it is starting and as usual, it takes a POC...

[keithbvadu2]

17. Moscow Mitch and supporters will take it as a source for pride.

Moscow Mitch and supporters will take it as a source for pride.

[Caliman73]

35. His followers I am sure, but McConnell looked stunned.

Maybe he will try to justify it somehow, but it is clear that (if it is Cummings' brother) that it was intentional because McConnell is a scumbag to Cummings' family.

Elijah Cummings is remembered as a civil rights hero and a man who lived his ENTIRE life in service to others. McConnell will not have such a consistently positive legacy.

[Pepsidog]

18. Love to see this shit!

[kytngirl]

23. EEC's Brother

I believe that was his brother. I'm sure the congressman shared a lot of things with his brother about the happenings on the Hill. He probably even mentioned names. I think the brother acted with class myself. He didn't make a big deal out of it, he just kept walking. Knowing what he knew and the pain and grief McConnell and his ilk has caused, not just Congressman Cummings, but the United States, I would have passed on by as well. They are traitors to this country and do not deserve the courtesy they so blatantly think they deserve.

[Blue_Tires]

25. Piss on that rednecked bastard...

[Va Lefty]

28. Faux redneck. Just acts like one for the yokels. Otherwise, yeah piss on him

Remember seeing a movie about Roger Ailes career. He worked with the turtle on his 1st Senate campaign. Thought they had to "humanize" him. They put him in a fishing boat with a rod and reel. They even put a fish on the hook for him. When they got ready to film commercial, mitch said " what do I do?" Ailes said " You reel in the fucking fish mitch!"

[Faux pas]

26. Karma

bitch slapped the peckerwood asshole. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. and

[Blue_true]

30. I will likely be alone in this sentiment.

But the pallbearer did the wrong thing. He should have shaken his hand and finished as fast as possible. To ignore him as was done plays into republicans' image game.

[UniteFightBack]

42. No you're not alone. nt

[Phentex]

44. Or maybe it sends a message

that he thinks they weren't worthy to even be there.

[ecstatic]

48. You're not alone, but I disagree.

MoscowMitch covers for a white nationalist president who called Baltimore a shithole city. I applaud those who can turn the other cheek, but I don't blame those who can't and won't.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

34. The Curb Your Enthusiasm Cut is money.

[EndlessWire]

39. I don't blame him one bit

McConnell is enabling a dictator. There is no reason for McConnell to be stunned when someone doesn't want to shake his hand. Since I can't punch McConnell in the mouth, at least I have the snub to be happy about.

Condolences to Cummings's family.

[Xolodno]

40. Didn't Mitch recently say that

...he liked it when liberals were angry and protesting against him?

So what's the problem?

The pallbearer did shake hands with another Republican, McCarthy. So this wasn't partisan, he found Mitch personally reprehensible.

[UniteFightBack]

41. I'm pretty sure that is not what Elijiah Cummings would of done nor recommended. He would of said

'C'mon man, you're better that that'.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

45. When I die McConnel will be invited to my funeral.

Please feel free to punch his head until it turns to dust. It's what I would have wanted.

[ecstatic]

47. Yup. I'm the second guy.

There won't be any fake handshakes from me.

MoscowMitch and his cronies are thugs. Period!

[LeftInTX]

50. Did he shake Schumer's hand? I can't tell

[Arazi]

54. Yes

[LeftInTX]

51. The ultimate GIF in the making...McConnell's face

His opponent should use it in their campaign.

[KentuckyWoman]

52. I don't see how anyone can tell.

He has had so much work done that he always looks like that. A cross between shocked and constipated.

[SKKY]

55. Personally speaking, I think it's rather petty...

...But since it’s Moscow Mitch it’s spot on perfect.

[Bayard]

56. Why is MM even there?

I understand his brother's feelings, but I would imagine Congressman Cummings would not have done the same.

I certainly like seeing MM discomfited.

[PlanetBev]

61. I saw that

Tough shit, you Supreme Court seat stealing bastard. Tell your grievances to Merrick Garland, you miserable maggot.