Former Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, refused to shake hands with President-elect Donald Trump at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral service in D.C. on Thursday.
Video shows Trump and his wife, Melania, shaking hands with Al Gore and Pence. But Pence’s wife, Karen, refused to greet the Trumps.
An anti-trump account on X (Twitter) wrote: “BREAKING: Mike Pence’s wife, Karen Pence, REFUSES to greet Trump at President Carter’s funeral. Given that Trump unleashed a mob that tried to kill her husband, this makes total sense.”
Another person wrote: My hero of the day is @Mike_Pence wife. She basically told the Trump’s to FO! Kudos to her.”
A third person wrote, “Pence is dignified and Trump will be burning him down on Twitter later today. Mike Pence’s wife tho! She wasn’t having it. Didn’t even look at the nut who tried to kill her husband and rightfully so!”
? President-elect Trump shakes hands with former Vice Presidents Al Gore and Mike Pence. pic.twitter.com/TqkxBnkdIw
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) January 9, 2025
Anti-Trumpers believe the president-elect’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to kill Pence before he could certify Joe Biden’s presidency on January 6, 2021.
Pence and other lawmakers were in the U.S. Capitol building to certify the 2020 election results when Trump’s supporters held a protest outside.
Former VP Pence and Trump have not seen each other since the January 6 protests.
Trump was later indicted in Georgia for attempting to overturn the 2020 election.
